Susan Levin, PhD
Roe/Straut Professor in the Humanities; Professor of Philosophy; and Chair, Department of Philosophy, Smith College
Projects
biography
The main areas of Susan B. Levin’s research are the debate over human “enhancement” through biotechnology, health humanities, the philosophy of disability, and ancient Greek philosophy. Her recent articles include “Contributions of Hippocratic Medicine and Plato to Today’s Debate over Health, Social Determinants and the Authority of Biomedicine,” which appeared in the journal “Medical Humanities,” and “A World of Difference: The Fundamental Opposition between Transhumanist ‘Welfarism’ and Disability Advocacy,” which was published open access in the journal “Bioethics.” Levin’s latest book is “Posthuman Bliss? The Failed Promise of Transhumanism” (Oxford, 2021).
research interests
the debate over human “enhancement” through biotechnology, health humanities, the philosophy of disability, and ancient Greek philosophy
Publications
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