Enhancing Care

Manea, Teodora (2018) Enhancing Care. In: The Palgrave Handbook of Posthumanism in Film and Television. Cambridge University Press (CUP),London, pp. 145-163. ISBN 978-1-137-43032-8

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Abstract

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>If moral enhancement is possible, the caring capacity of human beings should be considered one of the first and most important traits for augmentation. To assess the plausibility of enhancing care, I will explore how the concept and its associated human dispositions are socially constructed, and identify some of the critical points and complexities. Scientific advances regarding neuro-enhancing substances that allegedly make humans more caring will be considered and assessed against the main principles that govern the ethics of care approach. I argue that given the relational and contextual nature of care, its enhancement, if targeted at the individual level, can be more disadvantageous than helpful, by overlooking the “webs of care” people are situated in, and the role of social institutions in shaping behaviours, duties, attitudes, and principles.</jats:p>

Item Type:	Book Section
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	14 Oct 2019 10:15
Last Modified:	19 Jan 2023 00:22
DOI:	10.1017/s1358246118000334
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3058137