Rumbold, B;
(2017)
Tying oneself to the mast: One necessary cost to morally enhancing oneself biomedically.
Bioethics
, 31
(7)
pp. 543-551.
10.1111/bioe.12362.
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Abstract
In this article I seek to establish what, if anything, might be morally troubling about morally enhancing oneself through biomedical means. Building on arguments by Harris, while simultaneously acknowledging several valid counter-arguments that have been put forth by his critics, I argue that taking BMEs necessarily incurs at least one moral cost in the restrictions they impose on our freedom. This does not necessarily entail that the use of BMEs cannot be overall justified, nor that, in certain cases, their costs may not be forestalled. It does show, however, that their use is not morally neutral. There is a cost to such technologies and, as such, the onus will always be on their defenders to show that these costs can compensated for.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Tying oneself to the mast: One necessary cost to morally enhancing oneself biomedically |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1111/bioe.12362 |
| Publisher version: | http://doi.org/10.1111/bioe.12362 |
| 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. |
| Keywords: | Agency; bioethics; biomedical moral enhancements; freedom; moral enhancement |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1559556 |
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