Pharmacological cognitive enhancement and the value of achievements: An intervention

• Published in: Bioethics Vol. 37; no. 2; pp. 130 - 134
• Main Authors: Gordon, Emma C., Willis, Rebecca J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• 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; Original; Pharmacology; value of achievement; ethics of enhancement; value of achievement; human enhancement; cognitive enhancement

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...