Some curious cases against cognitive human enhancement
In this article I analyse the definition of human cognitive enhancement and examine the arguments for and against it. Because of what I call fhe Funes objection, I adopt a welfarist approach to this issue. First, I consider the distinction between therapy and enhancement as well as the arguments in defense of the status quo. I argue that the objections against enhancement lose their strength once a welfarist approach is assumed, thereby offering no definitive arguments. Finally, I defend a form of cognitive human enhancement which strikes a balance between on the one hand the personal an impersonal point of view and on the other the main postulates of a liberal society.
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| Format: | Digital revista |
| Language: | English |
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Centro de Estudos Humanísticos da Universidade do Minho
2013
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| Online Access: | http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0807-89672013000200008 |
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