Handfield, T;
Huang, PH;
Simpson, RM;
(2016)
Climate change, cooperation and moral bioenhancement.
Journal of Medical Ethics
, 42
(11)
pp. 742-747.
10.1136/medethics-2016-103593.
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Abstract
The human faculty of moral judgement is not well suited to address problems, like climate change, that are global in scope and remote in time. Advocates of 'moral bioenhancement' have proposed that we should investigate the use of medical technologies to make human beings more trusting and altruistic and hence more willing to cooperate in efforts to mitigate the impacts of climate change. We survey recent accounts of the proximate and ultimate causes of human cooperation in order to assess the prospects for bioenhancement. We identify a number of issues that are likely to be significant obstacles to effective bioenhancement, as well as areas for future research.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Climate change, cooperation and moral bioenhancement |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1136/medethics-2016-103593 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/medethics-2016-103593 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Dept of Philosophy |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10042899 |
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