Stronger, faster and more deadly: The ethics of developing super soldiers

[MindWars]

Enhancing a soldier's capacity to fight is nothing new.

Arguably one of the first forms of enhancement was through improving their diet. The phrase "an army marches on its stomach" goes back at least to Napoleon, and speaks to the belief that being well fed enhances the soldier's chances of winning a battle.

But recent research has gone well beyond diet to ................
Supersoldiers and the ethics of human enhancement
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Well most people won't believe a damn thing until they are living in it. The technology you think we don't have, or we are just hearing about we've had it for a long time. We have technology the public isn't even aware of yet.

 

[JakeStarkey]

Super Soldier Serum is a comic book idea.

Just helping your out.

 

[ThunderKiss1965]

Super Soldier Serum is a comic book idea.

Just helping your out.

Gene splicing and therapy is not. They could decide to grow a better soldier.

 

[danielpalos]

Enhancing a soldier's capacity to fight is nothing new.

Arguably one of the first forms of enhancement was through improving their diet. The phrase "an army marches on its stomach" goes back at least to Napoleon, and speaks to the belief that being well fed enhances the soldier's chances of winning a battle.

But recent research has gone well beyond diet to ................
Supersoldiers and the ethics of human enhancement
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Well most people won't believe a damn thing until they are living in it. The technology you think we don't have, or we are just hearing about we've had it for a long time. We have technology the public isn't even aware of yet.

I believe advancing, "environmental suits" and exoskeleton technologies, may be more beneficial.

Advances in materials science could make, Iron Man science fiction, a science reality.