Jenseits der Therapie

Perfect appearance and eternal youth, intelligence and creativity, strength and concentration: today's medicine seeks to meet all of these demands. Whether anti-aging, cosmetic surgery, neural enhancement, or gene doping - in addition to their classic therapeutic contract, medical services increasingly aim for the target of wish fulfillment as medicine for healthy people with no prerequisite indications of illness. After a philosophical investigation of the importance of desires and needs, Tobias Eichinger analyzes the theoretical foundations wish-fulfilling medicine. He shows how medical aid beyond therapy can lead to significant ethical problems.

Tobias Eichinger (Dr. phil.) ist wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Institut für Ethik und Geschichte der Medizin der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg. Seine Arbeitsschwerpunkte sind Medizin- und Bioethik sowie philosophische Anthropologie.