Some curious cases against cognitive human enhancement

Detalhes bibliográficos
Autor(a) principal: Sampedro,Alberto Carrio
Data de Publicação: 2013
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0807-89672013000200008
Resumo: In this article I analyse the definition of human cognitive enhancement and examine the arguments for and against it. Because of what I call “fhe Funes objection”, I adopt a welfarist approach to this issue. First, I consider the distinction between therapy and enhancement as well as the arguments in defense of the status quo. I argue that the objections against enhancement lose their strength once a welfarist approach is assumed, thereby offering no definitive arguments. Finally, I defend a form of cognitive human enhancement which strikes a balance between on the one hand the personal an impersonal point of view and on the other the main postulates of a liberal society.
id RCAP_5df6dec823c88d08cb935fa88398c540
oai_identifier_str oai:scielo:S0807-89672013000200008
network_acronym_str RCAP
network_name_str Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
repository_id_str 7160
spelling Some curious cases against cognitive human enhancementcognitive enhancementwelfaretherapyliberal societyIn this article I analyse the definition of human cognitive enhancement and examine the arguments for and against it. Because of what I call “fhe Funes objection”, I adopt a welfarist approach to this issue. First, I consider the distinction between therapy and enhancement as well as the arguments in defense of the status quo. I argue that the objections against enhancement lose their strength once a welfarist approach is assumed, thereby offering no definitive arguments. Finally, I defend a form of cognitive human enhancement which strikes a balance between on the one hand the personal an impersonal point of view and on the other the main postulates of a liberal society.Centro de Estudos Humanísticos da Universidade do Minho2013-01-01info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articletext/htmlhttp://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0807-89672013000200008Revista Diacrítica v.27 n.2 2013reponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAPenghttp://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0807-89672013000200008Sampedro,Alberto Carrioinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2024-02-06T16:58:31Zoai:scielo:S0807-89672013000200008Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T02:15:14.000145Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Some curious cases against cognitive human enhancement
title Some curious cases against cognitive human enhancement
spellingShingle Some curious cases against cognitive human enhancement
Sampedro,Alberto Carrio
cognitive enhancement
welfare
therapy
liberal society
title_short Some curious cases against cognitive human enhancement
title_full Some curious cases against cognitive human enhancement
title_fullStr Some curious cases against cognitive human enhancement
title_full_unstemmed Some curious cases against cognitive human enhancement
title_sort Some curious cases against cognitive human enhancement
author Sampedro,Alberto Carrio
author_facet Sampedro,Alberto Carrio
author_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Sampedro,Alberto Carrio
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv cognitive enhancement
welfare
therapy
liberal society
topic cognitive enhancement
welfare
therapy
liberal society
description In this article I analyse the definition of human cognitive enhancement and examine the arguments for and against it. Because of what I call “fhe Funes objection”, I adopt a welfarist approach to this issue. First, I consider the distinction between therapy and enhancement as well as the arguments in defense of the status quo. I argue that the objections against enhancement lose their strength once a welfarist approach is assumed, thereby offering no definitive arguments. Finally, I defend a form of cognitive human enhancement which strikes a balance between on the one hand the personal an impersonal point of view and on the other the main postulates of a liberal society.
publishDate 2013
dc.date.none.fl_str_mv 2013-01-01
dc.type.status.fl_str_mv info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
dc.type.driver.fl_str_mv info:eu-repo/semantics/article
format article
status_str publishedVersion
dc.identifier.uri.fl_str_mv http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0807-89672013000200008
url http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0807-89672013000200008
dc.language.iso.fl_str_mv eng
language eng
dc.relation.none.fl_str_mv http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0807-89672013000200008
dc.rights.driver.fl_str_mv info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
eu_rights_str_mv openAccess
dc.format.none.fl_str_mv text/html
dc.publisher.none.fl_str_mv Centro de Estudos Humanísticos da Universidade do Minho
publisher.none.fl_str_mv Centro de Estudos Humanísticos da Universidade do Minho
dc.source.none.fl_str_mv Revista Diacrítica v.27 n.2 2013
reponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informação
instacron:RCAAP
instname_str Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informação
instacron_str RCAAP
institution RCAAP
reponame_str Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
collection Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
repository.name.fl_str_mv Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informação
repository.mail.fl_str_mv
_version_ 1799137252937302016

Registros relacionados