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Discussions of the ethics of human enhancement often invoke a supposed distinction between therapies, which are aimed at fighting disease and overcoming impairments, and enhancements, which are aimed at increasing human capacities. As I observed in my previous post on…

Medical procedures for healthy people are nothing new. Surgeries to augment or “enhance” this or that physical feature for “cosmetic” purposes are rather common. According to widely cited statistics supplied by The International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons, one out…