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Journal of Applied Philosophy, 2008 abstract Opponents of biomedical enhancement often claim that, even if such enhancement would benefit the enhanced, it would harm others. But this objection looks unpersuasive when the enhancement in question is a moral enhancement — an enhancement that will expectably leave the enhanced person with morally better motives than she had previously.
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Enhancing Moral Conformity and Enhancing Moral Worth [PDF]
Neuroethics, 2013 It is plausible that we have moral reasons to become better at conforming to our moral reasons. However, it is not always clear what means to greater moral conformity we should adopt. John Harris has recently argued that we have reason to adopt traditional, deliberative means in preference to means that alter our affective or conative states directly ...
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Virtual Reality and Empathy Enhancement: Ethical Aspects
Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2020 The history of humankind is full of examples that indicate a constant desire to make human beings more moral. Nowadays, technological breakthroughs might have a significant impact on our moral character and abilities. This is the case of Virtual Reality (
Jon Rueda, Francisco Lara
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Im@go. A Journal of the Social Imaginary, 2016 In recent years the progress of biomedical technologies has enabled man to enhance his physical and cognitive abilities by using pharmaceutical, surgical, or genetic techniques.
Consuelo Luverà
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Conatus - Journal of Philosophy, 2023 Numerous factors are known to impact human decision-making: fatigue, stress, fear, sleep deprivation, organizational culture, ethics, and even substances consumed, among others.
Ioanna Lekea +2 more
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Can a Soldier Say No to an Enhancing Intervention?
Philosophies, 2020 Technological advancements have provided militaries with the possibility to enhance human performance and to provide soldiers with better warfighting capabilities. Though these technologies hold significant potential, their use is not without cost to the
Sahar Latheef, Adam Henschke
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Freedom and moral enhancement [PDF]
Journal of Medical Ethics, 2014 This issue of Journal of Medical Ethics includes a pair of papers debating the implications of moral bioenhancement for human freedom–and, especially, the question of whether moral enhancement should potentially be compulsory. In earlier writings Ingmar Persson and Julian Savulescu (P&S) argue that compulsory moral bioenhancement may be necessary to ...
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Moral Perfection and the Demand for Human Enhancement
Ethics in Progress, 2015 In this article I discuss one of the most significant areas of bioethical interest, which is the problem of moral enhancement. Since I claim that the crucial issue in the current debate on human bioenhancement is the problem of agency, I bring out and ...
Adriana Warmbier
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Artificial Intelligence as a Means to Moral Enhancement
Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric, 2016 This paper critically assesses the possibility of moral enhancement with ambient intelligence technologies and artificial intelligence presented in Savulescu and Maslen (2015).
Klincewicz Michał
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Moral Bioenhancement for Social Welfare: Are Civic Institutions Ready?
Frontiers in Sociology, 2017 Positive assessments of moral enhancement too often isolate intuitive notions about its benefits apart from the relevance of surrounding society or civic institutions. If moral bioenhancement should benefit both oneself and others, it cannot be conducted
John R. Shook +3 more
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