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On 16/01/2012 15:35, Natasha Vita-More wrote:
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<div class="Section1">It seems that species-typical was most often
used in
psychology and etnology and now gaining more usage in ethics.
Does anyone have
information about how this term is being used in regards to
transhumanism and
human enhancement (outside Gregor’s elaborate use of it)? It
would
be good to know more about this phrase. <o:p></o:p>
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I think a lot of it goes back to Boorse's "On the Distinction
between Disease and Illness" in 1975 and related papers in medical
ethics dealing with the definition of health and illness. Bioethics
and the enhancement debate has inhereited a lot from this discourse.
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/2265020">http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/2265020</a><br>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Anders Sandberg,
Future of Humanity Institute
Philosophy Faculty of Oxford University </pre>
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