Probing the risks of moral enhancement

Thesis

Attempting to improve fundamental moral dispositions with technology is prone to unexpected consequences. These dispositions are complex, and fragile when faced with technological interventions. For instance, a drug increasing the disposition to co-operate between individuals can unexpectedly lead to group conflict because it can increase parochialism. Furthermore, these interventions might be detrimental to a person’s psychological unity over time and thus might undermine interests whose ...

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Authors: Fabiano, J

• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Language: English
• Keywords: virtue theory; moral enhancement; moral psychology
• Subjects: moral enhancement; human enhancement; applied ethics