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The reversal test, status quo bias, and opposition to human cognitive enhancement
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Bostrom and Ord’s reversal test has been appealed to by many philosophers to substantiate the charge that preferences for status quo options are motivated by status quo bias. I argue that their characterization of the reversal test needs to be modified, and that their description of the burden of proof it imposes needs to be clarified. I then argue that there is a way to meet that burden of proof which Bostrom and Ord fail to recognize. I also argue that the range of circumstances in which th...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- 10.1080/00455091.2016.1176982
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- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Canadian Journal of Philosophy Journal website
- Volume:
- 46
- Issue:
- 3
- Pages:
- 369-386
- Publication date:
- 2016-04-28
- Acceptance date:
- 2016-04-07
- DOI:
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1911-0820
- ISSN:
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0045-5091
- Source identifiers:
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983878
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pubs:983878
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uuid:f0a80106-3665-426b-bf15-f1f0358d405a
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- pubs:983878
- Deposit date:
- 2019-03-22
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- Canadian Journal of Philosophy
- Copyright date:
- 2016
- Notes:
- © 2016 Canadian Journal of Philosophy
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