Sources and Further Readings for the Fact Sheet “Human Enhancement”
Dr. Niklas Schörnig (CNTR) & Prof. Dr. Bernhard Koch (Institute für Military Medical Ethics of the German Armed Forces). June 2026
- Development, Concepts and Doctrine Centre. (2021). Human Augmentation - The Dawn of a New Paradigm. UK Ministry of Defence. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/609d23c6e90e07357baa8388/Human_Augmentation_SIP_access2.pdf
- Schulyok, B., Grangl, L. & Gruber, M. (2025). Human enhancement from a military perspective – WHY, WHAT and HOW? In Dengg (Ed.), ICARUS’ WINGS – Navigating Human Enhancement. Schriftenreihe der Landesverteidigungsakademie No. 3/2025 (pp. 405-444). https://www.bmlv.gv.at/pdf_pool/publikationen/book_icarus_wings_21_schulyok_grangl_gruber.pdf
- Evans, N. G., Gross, M. L. & Shandler, R. (2026). Enhancing Soldiers for Future Warfare: Good Science; Bad Ethics? Science and Engineering Ethics 32(5) https://doi.org/10.1007/s11948-025-00573-w
- Koch, B. (2015, January). There’s Always Potential! Medicine and the Debate on Human Enhancement for Soldiers. Ethics and Armed Forces, 37-42. https://www.ethikundmilitaer.de/en/magazine-datenbank/detail/2015-01/article/theres-always-potential-medicine-and-the-debate-on-human-enhancement-for-soldiers
- Busch, E. L., Fincke, E. C., Lajoie, G., Krishnaswamy, S. & Turk-Browne, N. B. (2026). Human learning of noninvasive brain–computer interfaces via manifold geometry. Nature Neuroscience. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41593-026-02311-2
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