Better than Human

“Medicine promises not just to cure disease but to make us “better than well,” with “cognitive enhancement drugs” like Ritalin and even genetic modification. In this slim manifesto, Buchanan rebuts claims that such efforts are unprecedented, unnatural or unjust.” – The New York Times”I cannot do justice to the richness of Buchanan’s analysis in the scope of this review. Buchanan is a first-class guide through the complex thicket of issues and arguments related to BME.” –Washington Independent Review of Books”The book is an excellent introduction to the ethics of enhancement and would make good reading for those new to bioethics DL undergraduates and policy-makers alike.” – Annie Austin, Centre for Social Ethics and Policy, School of Law, Medical Law Review

Allen Buchanan is the author of eleven books on bioethics and political philosophy. He has served on the Advisory Council for the National Human Genome Research Institute, Staff Philosopher for the President’s Commission on Medical Ethics, and as consultant to President Barack Obama’s Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues.