Journal article
Enharrisment: a reply to John Harris about moral enhancement
- Abstract:
- In his reply to our response (both in this issue) to his book How to be Good, John Harris accuses us of saying ‘two mutually contradictory things’ (2016: 1) when in fact we talk about two different things. In this short response, we distinguish between moral enhancement and interventions which promote moral behaviour but undermine freedom. We argue that moral enhancement does not necessarily undermine freedom. Interventions, such as the God Machine, which do undermine freedom are not moral enhancements as we conceive of them. But they might nonetheless be justified because freedom must be balanced against other values, such as well-being.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1007/s12152-016-9274-7
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- Publisher:
- Springer Netherlands
- Journal:
- Neuroethics More from this journal
- Volume:
- 9
- Issue:
- 3
- Pages:
- 275–277
- Publication date:
- 2016-01-01
- Acceptance date:
- 2016-07-13
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1874-5504
- ISSN:
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1874-5490
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pubs:640042
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pubs:640042
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640042
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2016-09-05
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- Copyright holder:
- Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht
- Copyright date:
- 2016
- Notes:
- Copyright © 2016, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht. This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from Springer Netherlands at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12152-016-9274-7
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