The ethics of neuroenhancement : smart drugs, competition and society
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| Deutscher übersetzter Titel: | Die Ethik des Neuroenhancements : smarte Drogen, Wettbewerb und Gesellschaft |
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| Autor: | Wagner, Nils-Frederic; Robinson, Jeffrey; Wiebking, Christine |
| Erschienen in: | International journal of technoethics |
| Veröffentlicht: | 6 (2015), 1, S. 1-20, Lit. |
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| Medienart: | Elektronische Ressource (online) Gedruckte Ressource |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| ISSN: | 1947-3451, 1947-346X |
| DOI: | 10.4018/ijt.2015010101 |
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| Erfassungsnummer: | PU201801000255 |
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The ethics of neuroenhancement : smart drugs, competition and society |
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The ethics of neuroenhancement : smart drugs, competition and society Doping Drogenkonsum Drogenmissbrauch Druck Gehirn Gesellschaft Hirndoping Identität Kognition Leistung, kognitive Leistungsdruck Leistungsfähigkeit, geistige Leistungsfähigkeit, psychomotorische Leistungssteigerung Moral Neurologie Selbstdisziplin Technologie Tomographie Wettbewerb |
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According to several recent studies, a big chunk of college students in North America and Europe uses so called ‘smart drugs' to enhance their cognitive capacities aiming at improving their academic performance. With these practices, there comes a certain moral unease. This unease is shared by many, yet it is difficult to pinpoint and in need of justification. Other than simply pointing to the medical risks coming along with using non-prescribed medication, the salient moral question is whether these practices are troubling in and of themselves. In due consideration of empirical insights into the concrete effects of smart drugs on brain and behavior, our attempt is to articulate wherein this moral unease consists and to argue for why the authors believe cognitive enhancement to be morally objectionable. The authors will contend that the moral problem with these practices lies less in the end it seeks, than in the underlying human disposition it expresses and promotes. Some might ask, what is wrong with molding our cognitive capacities to achieve excellence, get a competitive edge, or, as the whim takes us? In all of these occasions, the usage of smart drugs serves a certain goal, a telos. The goal is, broadly speaking, this: outsmarting opponents in an arms race for limited resources and thereby yielding a competitive edge. In plain words: competition is valued higher than cooperation or solidarity. What is wrong with striving for this goal? The authors submit that the question whether people really want to live in a society that promotes the mentality ‘individual competition over societal cooperation' deserves serious consideration. In developing their answer, the authors draw on an ‘Ethics of Constraint' framework, arguing that widespread off-label use of smart drugs bears the risk of negative neural/behavioral consequences for the individual that might, in the long run, be accompanied by changing social value orientations for the worse. |
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10.4018/ijt.2015010101 1947-3451 1947-346X 2662410-2 Doping Drogenkonsum Drogenmissbrauch Druck Gehirn Gesellschaft Hirndoping Identität Kognition Leistung, kognitive Leistungsdruck Leistungsfähigkeit, geistige Leistungsfähigkeit, psychomotorische Leistungssteigerung Moral Neurologie Selbstdisziplin Technologie Tomographie Wettbewerb brain cognition Cognitive enhancement cognitive performance competition doping drug abuse drug consumption identity intellectual performance ability morale neurology performance increase pressure pressure to perform psychomotor performance ability self-discipline society technology tomography Hirnszintigraphie Fähigkeit, geistige Gesundheit, geistige Fähigkeit, sensomotorische Fertigkeit, sensomotorische Fertigkeit, psychomotorische Leistungsoptimierung Leistungsverbesserung Leistungszuwachs Dopingmittel Prozess, kognitiver Funktion, kognitive Entwicklung, moralische Ich-Identität Ich Technisierung Technik intellectual performance capability intellectual performance capacity mental performance ability mental performance capability mental performance capacity psychomotor performance capability increase in performance The ethics of neuroenhancement : smart drugs, competition and society PU201801000255 201801000255 |
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Doping Drogenkonsum Drogenmissbrauch Druck Gehirn Gesellschaft Hirndoping Identität Kognition Leistung, kognitive Leistungsdruck Leistungsfähigkeit, geistige Leistungsfähigkeit, psychomotorische Leistungssteigerung Moral Neurologie Selbstdisziplin Technologie Tomographie Wettbewerb |
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Doping Drogenkonsum Drogenmissbrauch Druck Gehirn Gesellschaft Hirndoping Identität Kognition Leistung, kognitive Leistungsdruck Leistungsfähigkeit, geistige Leistungsfähigkeit, psychomotorische Leistungssteigerung Moral Neurologie Selbstdisziplin Technologie Tomographie Wettbewerb |
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brain cognition Cognitive enhancement cognitive performance competition doping drug abuse drug consumption identity intellectual performance ability morale neurology performance increase pressure pressure to perform psychomotor performance ability self-discipline society technology tomography |
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brain cognition Cognitive enhancement cognitive performance competition doping drug abuse drug consumption identity intellectual performance ability morale neurology performance increase pressure pressure to perform psychomotor performance ability self-discipline society technology tomography |
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Hirnszintigraphie Fähigkeit, geistige Gesundheit, geistige Fähigkeit, sensomotorische Fertigkeit, sensomotorische Fertigkeit, psychomotorische Leistungsoptimierung Leistungsverbesserung Leistungszuwachs Dopingmittel Prozess, kognitiver Funktion, kognitive Entwicklung, moralische Ich-Identität Ich Technisierung Technik |
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intellectual performance capability intellectual performance capacity mental performance ability mental performance capability mental performance capacity psychomotor performance capability increase in performance |
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