Cognitive Enhancement and Beyond: Recommendations from the Bioethics Commission

Allen, Anita L.; Strand, Nicolle

doi:10.1016/j.tics.2015.08.001

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“…On the one hand, the debate on human enhancement has focused on hightechnological interventions, such as genetic engineering (Baylis and Robert, 2004;DeGrazia, 2012), pharmacological interventions (Rose, 2002;Bolt and Schermer, 2009;Evans-Brown et al, 2012), nanotechnology (Lin and Allhoff, 2006;Cabrera, 2015), and human/machine interfaces (Warwick, 2014). Yet, strictly speaking even low-tech approaches like drinking coffee, being vaccinated, having a good night's sleep, eating nutritious food, and exercising are human enhancements (Sandberg and Bostrom, 2006;Allen and Strand, 2015). On the other hand, the debate has focused on those interventions that are aimed at changing directly the biological and physical reality of individuals.…”

Section: Reframing Human Enhancementmentioning

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Reframing Human Enhancement: A Population Health Perspective

Cabrera

2017

Front. Sociol.

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The dominant understandings on human enhancement, such as those based on the therapy-enhancement distinction or transhumanist views, have been focused on high technological interventions directly changing biological and physical features of individuals. The individual-based orientation and reductionist approach that dominant views of human enhancement take have undermined the exploration of more inclusive ways to think about human enhancement. In this perspective, I argue that we need to expand our understanding of human enhancement and open a more serious discussion on the type of enhancement interventions that can foster practical improvements for populations. In doing so, lessons from a population health perspective can be incorporated. Under such a perspective, human enhancement focus shifts from changing the biological reality of individuals, to addressing environmental factors that undermine the optimal performance of individuals or that can foster wellness. Such a human enhancement perspective would be consistent with a population health approach, as it pursues more equitable and accessible interventions, on the path to addressing social inequality. Human enhancement does not need to be only about high-technological interventions for a selected group of individuals; rather, it should be a continuous project aiming to include everyone and maximize the public benefit.

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Section: Reframing Human Enhancementmentioning

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Reframing Human Enhancement: A Population Health Perspective

Cabrera

2017

Front. Sociol.

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“…Thus, comprehension of inter-relation of the procedures turns into extremely important point. The procedures are: 1) a humanitarian review of consequences of NBICS-technologies' implementation [5]; 2) an ethical review of experiments with participation of human beings in the course of those technologies elaboration [6][7]; 3) a socio-cultural review of humanitarian education's content aimed at specialists prepared for these technologies [8][9][10][11][12][13]. The problem of the knowledge management related to NBICStechnologies stimulates a convergent nature of all creations and its implementations.…”

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The Model of Bioethics as “Semiotic Attractors” for Diagnosing Innovative Strategies of Training Specialists for NBICS-Technologies Niche

Melik-Gaykazyan

Mescheryakova

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Abstract.Authors interpret bioethics' models as a fixation of the new symbolism in which sociocultural systems expressed its response to impact of technologies standardizing the image of a human being. At the moment it is NBICS technologies that are responsible for this impact. Convergency of these technologies' goals makes education responsible for adjustments of the future states of culture formed by NBICS-technologies. The possibility of this adjustment provided by the fact that training of specialists for the NBICS-technologies niche as the primary resource of those technologies is processed in the space of educational systems. The article reveals the structure of this space; bioethics' models are distributed in the context of this structure and proofs produced for understanding the semiotic essence of the phenomenon of education. These conceptual suggestions shape the original method of semiotic diagnostics of innovative educational strategies based on interpretation of bioethics' symbolism as "semiotic attractors" of knowledge management related to convergent technologies.

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“…However, the latter two fears are subject for speculation as effect sizes from any of the methods described above are so far quite small. In fact, research on cognitive enhancement has provided promising results, could however not establish consistent effects and therefore remains experimental (Allen & Strand, 2015;Dresler et al, 2013;Farah et al, 2014). Moreover, even if cognitive enhancement became efficient and accessible, governmental regulations should protect the individual from inequality caused by cognitive enhancers.…”

Section: Study-specific Learning Processes In Neurofeedback and Ethicalmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Moreover, even if cognitive enhancement became efficient and accessible, governmental regulations should protect the individual from inequality caused by cognitive enhancers. In fact, the US Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (Bioethics Commission) has recognised the ethical concerns and already published recommendations for studying the use and efficiency of neuro-enhancers ethically (Allen & Strand, 2015).…”

Section: Study-specific Learning Processes In Neurofeedback and Ethicalmentioning

confidence: 99%

Striving for cognitive enhancement with RT-FMRI neurofeedback

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Cognitive Enhancement and Beyond: Recommendations from the Bioethics Commission

Cited by 16 publications

References 5 publications

Reframing Human Enhancement: A Population Health Perspective

Reframing Human Enhancement: A Population Health Perspective

The Model of Bioethics as “Semiotic Attractors” for Diagnosing Innovative Strategies of Training Specialists for NBICS-Technologies Niche

Striving for cognitive enhancement with RT-FMRI neurofeedback

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