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Can self-validating neuroenhancement be autonomous?




TekijätJukka Varelius

KustantajaSpringer Netherlands

Julkaisuvuosi2020

JournalMedicine, Health Care and Philosophy

Tietokannassa oleva lehden nimiMedicine, Health Care and Philosophy

Vuosikerta23

Aloitussivu51

Lopetussivu59

ISSN1572-8633

eISSN1572-8633

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1007/s11019-019-09905-7

Verkko-osoitehttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11019-019-09905-7

Rinnakkaistallenteen osoitehttps://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/41377873


Tiivistelmä

Consider that an individual improves her capacities by neuroscientific means. It turns out that, besides altering her in the way(s) she intended, the enhancement also changes her personality in significant way(s) she did not foresee. Yet the person endorses her new self because the neuroenhancement she underwent changed her. Can the person’s approval of her new personality be autonomous? While questions of autonomy have already gathered a significant amount of attention in philosophical literature on human enhancement, the problem just described—henceforth referred to as the question whether selfvalidating
neuroenhancement can be autonomous—would not appear to have received due consideration. This article takes a step towards remedying the shortage. I start by explicating the main points of departure of its argument. In the subsequent sections of the article, I consider several possible reasons for deeming self-validating neuroenhancement incompatible with autonomy. On the basis of the consideration, I propose that self-validating neuroenhancement can be autonomous.

Keywords Autonomy · Human enhancement · Neuroscience · Personality change


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