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Rethinking Cognitive Enhancement
Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press (2017)
Abstract
This book critically explores and analyses the scientific and ethical debates surrounding cognitive enhancers. Including contributions from neuroscientists, neuropsychopharmacologists, ethicists, philosophers, public health professionals, and policy researchers, the book offers a multidisciplinary, critical consideration of this topic.Author Profiles
Cognitive neuroscience. Neurosciences Moral and ethical aspects. Cognition Effect of drugs on. Cognition drug effects. Cognition physiology. Nootropic Agents therapeutic use. Biomedical Enhancement ethics. Cognitive Neuroscience. Risk Assessment. Cognition Effect of drugs on. Cognitive neuroscience. Neurosciences Moral and ethical aspects
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RM315.R465 2017
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9780198727392 0198727399
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Introduction
This introductory chapter presents the objectives and structure of the volume and a short presentation of each chapter. The main objective of the book is to present evidence from neuroscientific and neurocognitive research to critically appraise the concept of human cognitive enhancement b... see more
The ethical debate on human enhancement and cognitive enhancement by way of biotechnologies
This chapter presents an overview of the main issues in the ethical debate on the use of biotechnologies to enhance human functioning, including cognitive enhancement technologies. In this debate, one can distinguish between favorable views and cautious and prohibitive positions about huma... see more
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Neuroenhancement, the Criminal Justice System, and the Problem of Alienation.Jukka Varelius - 2019 - Neuroethics 13 (3):325-335.
The Biopolitical Embodiment of Work in the Era of Human Enhancement.Nicolas Le Dévédec - 2020 - Body and Society 26 (1):55-81.
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