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Published in: NanoEthics 3/2018

22-10-2018 | Original Paper

Responsible Research and Innovation and the Governance of Human Enhancement

Author: Guido Gorgoni

Published in: NanoEthics | Issue 3/2018

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Abstract

This article aims to explore the debate on human enhancement (HE) from the perspective of the evolutions of responsibility paradigms, and in particular from the perspective of the so-called Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) approach. The aim is not to explore the arguments pro or contra the ethical legitimacy and/or technical feasibility of human enhancement, but rather exploring if, and how, the RRI perspective can shape the debate on human enhancement (and vice versa).
In particular, the human enhancement debate will be read through the lenses of four main responsibility paradigms that we sketch by examining both, the historical and conceptual evolution of the responsibility idea and the dynamics of its ascription. In order to provide a useful scheme for interpreting human enhancement, RRI will be characterised as a distinctive responsibility model that can subsequently be used to frame the debate on HE with a particular emphasis on its normative implications, as well as on its social and political significance.
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Metadata
Title
Responsible Research and Innovation and the Governance of Human Enhancement
Author
Guido Gorgoni
Publication date
22-10-2018
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Published in
NanoEthics / Issue 3/2018
Print ISSN: 1871-4757
Electronic ISSN: 1871-4765
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11569-018-0326-9

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