After reading beyond humanity, I believe that biomedical enhancements should be permissible to anyone. Biomedical enhancement is perhaps most apparent in sport, where drugs have long been used to improve performance, but it is also widespread in other spheres (Douglas, 2008). Biomedical enhancement can be used to improve functioning of those that need it. Biomedical enhancements is a significant issue that has been debated for the past 20 or so years. In the text, Buchanan shows arguments for having these enhancements that show that enhancements will benefit people and our society as a whole. There are many reasons of why biomedical enhancement should be used in our society. The benefits it brings to people that may need it are plentiful.
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An expressivist view is a concern is even if it is in the pursuit of enhancement, without thinking of consequences, it will indicate bad character. While consequentialist view is the concern that during enhancement the results will worsen our character. I have read over the evidence they use and for each view and the cons they express in each argument. There are many parts that are only shown to worsen the character as they do not look at the pros or why their reasoning may be flawed. Other arguments, based on their concern and objections to the enhancements are also used. They use these arguments stating that people’s character will betray themselves and show immoral character. This thought process was one I struggled with in conclusion to believing if enhancement was permissible. Buchanan uses the arguments against these objections in his text. He states four different ideals on biomedical enhancement when it comes to these views and concerns. The breakdown is that people either are for enhancement, leaning towards it, leaning away, or are against it. He takes each step in detail explaining each reasoning behind them. As I look at my earlier arguments against the thought of bad character, they can also be used for these different views. Expressive views looks for the indication of bad character. But what exactly is it indicating? If it means not looking at the result, then you look solely on the person and their character. Someone who is biomedical enhanced would not matter. By using this view you look at the already shown character of the person independently of any changes. Now consequentialist views is more of a tricky area. They look at the result and express that their character will worsen then from when they were not enhanced. This, to me does not make sense. A person who gets biomedical enhanced will
An expressivist view is a concern is even if it is in the pursuit of enhancement, without thinking of consequences, it will indicate bad character. While consequentialist view is the concern that during enhancement the results will worsen our character. I have read over the evidence they use and for each view and the cons they express in each argument. There are many parts that are only shown to worsen the character as they do not look at the pros or why their reasoning may be flawed. Other arguments, based on their concern and objections to the enhancements are also used. They use these arguments stating that people’s character will betray themselves and show immoral character. This thought process was one I struggled with in conclusion to believing if enhancement was permissible. Buchanan uses the arguments against these objections in his text. He states four different ideals on biomedical enhancement when it comes to these views and concerns. The breakdown is that people either are for enhancement, leaning towards it, leaning away, or are against it. He takes each step in detail explaining each reasoning behind them. As I look at my earlier arguments against the thought of bad character, they can also be used for these different views. Expressive views looks for the indication of bad character. But what exactly is it indicating? If it means not looking at the result, then you look solely on the person and their character. Someone who is biomedical enhanced would not matter. By using this view you look at the already shown character of the person independently of any changes. Now consequentialist views is more of a tricky area. They look at the result and express that their character will worsen then from when they were not enhanced. This, to me does not make sense. A person who gets biomedical enhanced will