The Ethics of Cognitive Enhancement
Technologies arising out of our improved understanding may be developed to enhance IQ and considers some of the ethical questions that gives rise to.
Toby Young
· 7 min read
Bioethics
A collection of 36 posts
Intersectionality — Popper's Paradox
At the height of the Cold War, Western Marxists foresaw that the opportunity for an armed socialist revolution was bleak.
Sumantra Maitra
· 6 min read
Genetics, Fear, and the Slippery Slope of Moral Authoritarianism
Many warnings were offered up to us about how well-meaning scientists and policy makers could slip into using genetic information maleficently.
Charleen Adams
· 9 min read
Female Genital Mutilation, Health Benefits, and the Problem of Medicalising Morality
The mantra implies that if FGM did have health benefits, it wouldn’t be so bad after all.
Brian D Earp
· 24 min read
It's Ever Better Not to Know
It seems that gaining more knowledge, even on topics where that knowledge could be damaging in the short term, is the preferable approach.
Brian Boutwell, Bo Winegard, Jonathan Anomaly
· 7 min read
The Future of Genetic Enhancement Is Not in the West
If the critics are correct that human enhancement is unethical, dangerous or both, then yes, emergence in China would be worrying.
G Owen Schaefer
· 5 min read