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(Hastings Center Studies in Ethics.) Edited by Erik Parens. 258 pp. Washington, D.C., Georgetown University Press, 1998. $49.95. ISBN 0-87840-703-0.

Enhancing Human Traits consists of 12 articles derived from a series of discussions at the Hastings Center and an essay by the editor reviewing these 12 articles. Most of the contributors are philosophers, with a smattering of theologians and lawyers, and many are associated with university departments of biomedical ethics. As one would expect from such writers, the articles consist of thoughtful, albeit sometimes fanciful, explorations of physical and psychological enhancements, from cosmetic surgery to the use of methylphenidate (Ritalin) in children with attention-deficit disorder. Appropriately, the majority of the writers find no fault with enhancement for the purpose . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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