Enhancement for well-being is still ethically challenging
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Enhancement for well-being is still ethically challenging
Enhancement is generally understood as being intended to improve well-being. The motivation to enhance is the desire to change a person for the better. However, even when increased well-being is the motivation, it is unclear how to morally evaluate any given intervention. Four examples illustrate why any enhancement intervention, including those motivated by the desire to increase well-being, s...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1662-5137
DOI: 10.3389/fnsys.2014.00072