Chapter 11 Moral Neuroenhancement
Contributors: D. Earp, Brian; Savulescu, Julian
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2018
Number of pages: 21
ISBN-13: 9781315708652
Subjects: Mental health services
Description: In recent years, philosophers, neuroethicists, and others have become preoccupied with “moral enhancement.” Very roughly, this refers to the deliberate moral improvement of an
individual’s character, motives, or behavior. In one sense, such enhancement could be seen
as “nothing new at all” (Wiseman, 2016, 4) or as something philosophically mundane: as
G. Owen Schaefer (2015) has stated, “Moral enhancement is an ostensibly laudable project. . . .
Notes: Open Access Unrestricted online access

Creative Commons https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

English