A theory of the super soldier : the morality of capacity-increasing technologies in the military /
Caron, Jean-François,
A theory of the super soldier : the morality of capacity-increasing technologies in the military / Jean-François Caron. - Manchester : Manchester University Press, (c)2018. - 1 online resource (viii, 119 pages) - Manchester Security, Conflict & Peace .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Conceptual clarifications: distinguishing capacity-restoring and capacity-increasing technologies; 2 The moral obligation of soldier enhancement research; 3 Military capacity-increasing technologies and their consequences; 4 The ethics of developing capacity-increasing technologies; 5 Permanent capacity-increasing technologies and the transhumanist danger; Conclusion; Index.
Super soldiers are about to become the new actors in the battlefields of tomorrow. Armed with science fiction-esque equipment and drugs, they are about to make comic book and Hollywood superheroes a reality.
9781526117786
Military art and science--Technological innovations.
Electronic Books.
U42 / .T446 2018
A theory of the super soldier : the morality of capacity-increasing technologies in the military / Jean-François Caron. - Manchester : Manchester University Press, (c)2018. - 1 online resource (viii, 119 pages) - Manchester Security, Conflict & Peace .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Conceptual clarifications: distinguishing capacity-restoring and capacity-increasing technologies; 2 The moral obligation of soldier enhancement research; 3 Military capacity-increasing technologies and their consequences; 4 The ethics of developing capacity-increasing technologies; 5 Permanent capacity-increasing technologies and the transhumanist danger; Conclusion; Index.
Super soldiers are about to become the new actors in the battlefields of tomorrow. Armed with science fiction-esque equipment and drugs, they are about to make comic book and Hollywood superheroes a reality.
9781526117786
Military art and science--Technological innovations.
Electronic Books.
U42 / .T446 2018