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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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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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A Cure for Humanity: the Transhumanisation of Culture [PDF]
, 2015 This paper examines the increasing integration of the radical human enhancement project into the cultural mainstream. The tacit identification of enhancement with therapy is no longer contested, but widely accepted.
Hauskeller, Michael
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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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The choice between moral enhancement and ultimate harm [PDF]
Belgrade Philosophical Annual, 2013 'Ultimate harm' can be defined as the result of a catastrophic event or series of events that permanently destroy sentient life on Earth or make its conditions so unbearable that it cannot be considered worthy of living anymore.
Rakić Vojin
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Sparking Religious Conversion through AI?
Religions, 2022 This paper will take the stance that cognitive enhancement promised by the use of AI could be a first step for some in bringing about moral enhancement. It will take a further step in questioning whether moral enhancement using AI could lead to moral and
Moira McQueen
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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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Artificial Intelligence as a Socratic Assistant for Moral Enhancement
Neuroethics, 2019 The moral enhancement of human beings is a constant theme in the history of humanity. Today, faced with the threats of a new, globalised world, concern over this matter is more pressing. For this reason, the use of biotechnology to make human beings more
Francisco Lara, Jan Deckers
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Defining moral enhancement: a clarificatory taxonomy [PDF]
, 2014 Recently there has been some discussion concerning a particular type of enhancement, namely 'moral enhancement'. However, there is no consensus on what precisely constitutes moral enhancement, and as a result the concept is used and defined in a wide ...
Focquaert, Farah +4 more
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