Rethinking Human Enhancement

Cabrera, Laura Y.

doi:10.1057/9781137402240

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“…It has almost 1.5 million inhabitants and has developed in a valley of approximately 95 thousand hectares, occupied by a metropolitan space of approximately 19,000 hectares. (32) The public networks of the seven municipalities only serve 30 per cent of the metropolitan population. The water distributed by SEMAPA, the public water distribution company, in the municipality of Cochabamba is considered potable.…”

Section: A Fragmented Water Supply Landscapes In Quillacollo (Cochabmentioning

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Challenges of water and sanitation service co-production in the global South

Moretto¹,

Faldi²,

Ranzato³

et al. 2018

Environment and Urbanization

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Co-production of water and sanitation services, especially in the global South, implies that recipients of a service play a fundamental role in managing water resources. In the context of citizen-government synergies, service recipients are more than consumers, and (co)-production alters their involvement in the service production process, with respect to their relationships with both the natural resources and the delivery process. Our hypothesis is that a meaningful understanding of coproduction for water and sanitation services is only possible through an interdisciplinary approach that takes into account natural and social dimensions. The objective is to develop a possible new conceptualization of service co-production that can foster a renewed citizenship while taking into account the risks of urban fragmentation.

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Section: A Fragmented Water Supply Landscapes In Quillacollo (Cochabmentioning

confidence: 99%

Challenges of water and sanitation service co-production in the global South

Moretto¹,

Faldi²,

Ranzato³

et al. 2018

Environment and Urbanization

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“…All of these concepts have been a matter of continuous philosophical debate (Cabrera, 2015;Kahane and Savulescu, 2015), and in pluralistic societies such as ours those discussions are likely to continue. But there are other important conceptual issues that have been neglected within the human enhancement discussion.…”

Section: Reframing Human Enhancementmentioning

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“…But there are other important conceptual issues that have been neglected within the human enhancement discussion. On the one hand, the debate on human enhancement has focused on hightechnological interventions, such as genetic engineering (Baylis and Robert, 2004;DeGrazia, 2012), pharmacological interventions (Rose, 2002;Bolt and Schermer, 2009;Evans-Brown et al, 2012), nanotechnology (Lin and Allhoff, 2006;Cabrera, 2015), and human/machine interfaces (Warwick, 2014). Yet, strictly speaking even low-tech approaches like drinking coffee, being vaccinated, having a good night's sleep, eating nutritious food, and exercising are human enhancements (Sandberg and Bostrom, 2006;Allen and Strand, 2015).…”

Section: Reframing Human Enhancementmentioning

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“…Thus, expanding and prioritizing enhancement practices that are focused on the social and contextual aspects that shape individual well-being and that promote more equal access to enabling conditions for people to truly exploit their capabilities, can be very valuable (Cabrera, 2015). This could represent an unprecedented opportunity to improve human lives by enabling the conditions for their development and flourishing.…”

Section: Population Health and Sdh: Toward More Socially Relevant Enhmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Therefore, highlighting a broader and different set of interests, desires, and values might not only be a new focus but also it brings into the discussion those who historically have been left out of the enhancement discourse. More importantly, it urges us to rethink the assumptions upon which the current discourse is based; and to consider the possibility that far from being a source of enhancement, its principles, values, and criteria actually reinforce patterns of domination and subordination that contribute to the deterioration and worsening of human well-being (Cabrera, 2015).…”

Section: Population Health and Sdh: Toward More Socially Relevant Enhmentioning

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Reframing Human Enhancement: A Population Health Perspective

Cabrera

2017

Front. Sociol.

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The dominant understandings on human enhancement, such as those based on the therapy-enhancement distinction or transhumanist views, have been focused on high technological interventions directly changing biological and physical features of individuals. The individual-based orientation and reductionist approach that dominant views of human enhancement take have undermined the exploration of more inclusive ways to think about human enhancement. In this perspective, I argue that we need to expand our understanding of human enhancement and open a more serious discussion on the type of enhancement interventions that can foster practical improvements for populations. In doing so, lessons from a population health perspective can be incorporated. Under such a perspective, human enhancement focus shifts from changing the biological reality of individuals, to addressing environmental factors that undermine the optimal performance of individuals or that can foster wellness. Such a human enhancement perspective would be consistent with a population health approach, as it pursues more equitable and accessible interventions, on the path to addressing social inequality. Human enhancement does not need to be only about high-technological interventions for a selected group of individuals; rather, it should be a continuous project aiming to include everyone and maximize the public benefit.

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The Extended Mind: A Chapter in the History of Transhumanism

Theiner

2021

Studies in Brain and Mind

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Rethinking Human Enhancement

Cited by 17 publications

References 198 publications

Challenges of water and sanitation service co-production in the global South

Challenges of water and sanitation service co-production in the global South

Reframing Human Enhancement: A Population Health Perspective

The Extended Mind: A Chapter in the History of Transhumanism

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