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Moral enhancement
Moral enhancement[1] (abbreviated ME[2]), also called moral bioenhancement (abbreviated MBE[3]), is the use of biomedical technology to morally improve individuals. MBE is a growing topic in neuroethics, a field developing the ethics of neuroscience as well as the neuroscience of ethics. After Thomas Douglas introduced the concept of MBE in 2008,[1] its merits have been widely debated in academic bioethics literature.[4][5] Since then,[6] Ingmar Persson and Julian Savulescu have been among the most vocal MBE supporters.[2][7][8][9][10] Much of the debate over MBE has focused on Persson and Savulescu's 2012 book in support of it, Unfit for the Future? The Need for Moral Enhancement.[7]
- ^ a b Douglas, T (2008). "Moral enhancement". Journal of Applied Philosophy. 25 (3): 228–245. doi:10.1111/j.1468-5930.2008.00412.x. PMC 2614680. PMID 19132138.
- ^ a b Persson, I.; Savulescu, J. (2016). "Enharrisment: A reply to John Harris about moral enhancement". Neuroethics. 9 (3): 275–277. doi:10.1007/s12152-016-9274-7. S2CID 148280154.
- ^ Rakić, V.; Wiseman, H. (2018). "Different games of moral bioenhancement". Bioethics. 32 (2): 103–110. doi:10.1111/bioe.12415. PMID 29205423. S2CID 3765284.
- ^ Specker, J.; Focquaert, F.; Raus, K.; Sterckx, S.; Schermer, M. (2014). "The ethical desirability of moral bioenhancement: a review of reasons". BMC Medical Ethics. 15: 67. doi:10.1186/1472-6939-15-67. PMC 4274726. PMID 25227512.
- ^ Paulo, N. & Bublitz, J.C. (2017). How (not) to argue for moral enhancement: reflections on a decade of debate. Topoi, 1-15. doi:10.1007/s11245-017-9492-6
- ^ Persson, I.; Savulescu, J. (2008). "The perils of cognitive enhancement and the urgent imperative to enhance the moral character of humanity". Journal of Applied Philosophy. 25 (3): 162–177. doi:10.1111/j.1468-5930.2008.00410.x.
- ^ a b Persson, I., & Savulescu, J. (2012a). Unfit for the future: The need for moral enhancement. New York: Oxford University Press.
- ^ Savulescu, J.; Persson, I. (2012b). "Moral enhancement". Philosophy Now. 91: 6–8.
- ^ Savulescu, J.; Persson, I. (2012c). "Moral enhancement, freedom and the God machine". The Monist. 95 (3): 399–421. doi:10.5840/monist201295321. PMC 3431130. PMID 22942461.
- ^ Persson, I.; Savulescu, J. (2014). "Reply to commentators on Unfit for the Future". Journal of Medical Ethics. 41 (4): 348–352. doi:10.1136/medethics-2013-101796. PMID 24413582. S2CID 2629575.
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