A theory of the super soldier : the morality of capacity-increasing technologies in the military / Jean-François Caron.
| Author/creator | Caron, Jean-François, 1980- author. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2018. |
| Description | 1 online resource (viii, 119 pages). |
| Supplemental Content | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Subjects |
| Series | Manchester Security, Conflict & Peace |
| Contents | 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. |
| Abstract | 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Language | In English. |
| Source of description | Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed June 27, 2018). |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Caron, Jean-François. A theory of the super soldier: the morality of capacity-increasing technologies in the military, Manchester, UK. : Manchester University Press, 2018, 9781526117779 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 9781526117786 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 1526117789 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | (ePUB eBook) |
| Standard identifier# | 10.7765/9781526117786 |
| Stock number | 22573/ctv189qvkm JSTOR |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |