Human Augmentation SIP

Part 2 – Human augmentation technologies Section 6 – Employment considerations Discussion of technology in isolation is necessar ...

Part 2 – Human augmentation technologies b. The most transformative technologies (for example, genetics and brain interfaces) cu ...

Part 2 – Human augmentation technologies Health and medicine Pharmaceuticals Genetic testing Personalised nutrition Precision me ...

Part 2 – Human augmentation technologies Key deductions and insights Continued investment to understand the human body will be ...

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Part 3 Ethical considerations The ethical and moral implications of human augmentation are profound, and Defence will need to en ...

Part 3 – Ethical considerations morality are often caused by legislative changes.^27 Defence, however, cannot wait for ethics to ...

Part 3 – Ethical considerations Safety The safety of a technology, especially one that is highly invasive and/or poorly understo ...

Part 3 – Ethical considerations Key deductions and insights The core tenets of morality are universal, but interpretation varie ...

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Part 4 Legal considerations The legal considerations associated with human augmentation technologies are numerous, spanning inte ...

Part 4 – Legal considerations. The Law of Armed Conflict International law^32 encompasses many fields relevant to human augmenta ...

Part 4 – Legal considerations Autonomy and consent Consent in the military is necessarily different to consent in wider society ...

Part 4 – Legal considerations Key deductions and insights Human rights law does not recognise the increasingly blurred line bet ...

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Part 5 Implications for society Our innate curiosity and desire to test the limits of human capability have acted as drivers for ...

Part 5 – Implications for society Inequality Without intervention, human augmentation is likely to exacerbate inequality, and co ...