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The Science and Technology of Human Enhancement

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The Politics of Emerging Strategic Technologies

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Having outlined the vocabulary of human enhancement and the debate over the issue in general terms, it is time to address specific enhancements and the potential consequences of these enhancements in greater depth.

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  1. St Antony’s College, Oxford University, UK

    Nayef R. F. Al-Rodhan (Senior Member, Senior Scholar in Geostrategy, and Director of the Geopolitics of Globalisation and Transnational Security Programme)

  2. Geneva Centre for Security Policy, Geneva, Switzerland

    Nayef R. F. Al-Rodhan (Senior Member, Senior Scholar in Geostrategy, and Director of the Geopolitics of Globalisation and Transnational Security Programme)

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Al-Rodhan, N.R.F. (2011). The Science and Technology of Human Enhancement. In: The Politics of Emerging Strategic Technologies. St Antony’s Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230304949_14

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