Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11851/10358
Title: An ethical analysis of a prospective new paradigm of life: Nanotechnology-enabled human beings within the framework of principlism
Authors: Buruk,B.
Ekmekci,P.E.
Arda,B.
Keywords: bioethics
human enhancement
nanotechnology
principlism
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Inc
Abstract: Nanotechnology (NT)-enabled disease-free life is a form of reconstruction of the human body that promises a paradigm shift toward a new form of human existence in an imaginable life. However, as human reconstruction may be within the limits of the concept of “human enhancement,” it is not clear to what extent “enhanced humans” will be ethically acceptable or desired. This study discusses the ethical implications of NT-embedded enhanced humans and this new imaginable life. First, ethical concerns arising from the existence of a grey zone of certain dilemmas regarding benefits and possible/unpredicted risks are addressed in terms of the four main principles of bioethics. Then, we focus on the ethical problems in human nano-enhancement. Finally, we study the methods of analyzing these ethical problems within the framework of principlism to conceive a comprehensive and coherent bioethical understanding. © 2023 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
URI: https://doi.org/10.1111/dewb.12394
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11851/10358
ISSN: 1471-8731
Appears in Collections:PubMed İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / PubMed Indexed Publications Collection
Scopus İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / Scopus Indexed Publications Collection

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