Moral Perfection and the Demand for Human Enhancement

Ethics in Progress

Adriana Warmbier¹ 

[1] Jagiellonian University, Cracow;

关键词: Human enhancement;    moral enhancement;    human agency;    free will;    freedom;    autonomy;   

DOI  :  10.14746/eip.2015.1.4

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

In this article I discuss one of the most significant areas of bioethical interest, which is the problem of moral enhancement. Since I claim that the crucial issue in the current debate on human bioenhancement is the problem of agency, I bring out and examine the conditions of possibility of selfunderstanding, acting subjects attributing responsible authorship for their actions to themselves. I shall argue that the very idea of moral enhancement, properly understood, fails to justify the claims that enhancing the “biological” factor that plays a part in the process of making moral choices, whether through biomedical or genetic interventions, will actually increase the probability of having “morally better future motives”.

【 授权许可】

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