Eight Kinds of Critters: A Moral Taxonomy for the Twenty-Second Century.

Over the coming century, the accelerating advance of bioenhancement technologies, robotics, and artificial intelligence (AI) may significantly broaden the qualitative range of sentient and intelligent beings. This article proposes a taxonomy of such beings, ranging from modified animals to bioenhanc...

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Publicado en:Journal of Medicine & Philosophy Vol. 43; no. 5; pp. 585 - 613
Autor principal: Bess, Michael
Formato: Journal Article
Publicado: Oxford University Press / USA Oct2018
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