Pharmacological cognitive enhancement and the value of achievements: An intervention

Pharmacological cognitive enhancements nontherapeutically improve cognitive functioning, though recent critics have challenged their use by claiming that cognitive success, aided by the use of cognitive enhancement, is less valuable than otherwise. We criticize two recent responses to this objection...

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Published inBioethics Vol. 37; no. 2; pp. 130 - 134
Main Authors Gordon, Emma C., Willis, Rebecca J.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.02.2023
John Wiley and Sons Inc
Subjects
Achievement
Cognition
Cognitive ability
cognitive enhancement
Cognitive functioning
ethics of enhancement
human enhancement
Humans
Medical ethics
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Pharmacology
value of achievement
ethics of enhancement
value of achievement
human enhancement
cognitive enhancement
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Summary:Pharmacological cognitive enhancements nontherapeutically improve cognitive functioning, though recent critics have challenged their use by claiming that cognitive success, aided by the use of cognitive enhancement, is less valuable than otherwise. We criticize two recent responses to this objection, due to Carter and Pritchard and Wang, and propose a different response on behalf of proponents of cognitive enhancement that is shown to be more promising.
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ISSN:0269-9702
1467-8519
DOI:10.1111/bioe.13107