Neuroethics and Moral Enhancement: The Path to a Moral World?
Neuroethics and Moral Enhancement: The Path to a Moral World?

Author(s): Maria Sinaci
Subject(s): Philosophy, Social Sciences, Theology and Religion
Published by: Trivent Publishing
Keywords: ethics; human enhancement; bioethics; neuroethics; moral enhancement
Summary/Abstract: A central theme in the bioethical debates of the 21st century is humanenhancement, approached from different perspectives, such as cognitive or aestheticenhancement – however, the most provoking approach is that of moral enhancement.A society with a majority of moral people is a historial dream of humankind, andsome researchers argue that we may be nearing it. This chapter discusses severalconceptual and ethical issues resulted from moral enhancement. It aims to show thattoday’s direct interventions of moral enhancement, which are supposed to make manmore moral, fail in their aim to make the world a better place.

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