scholarly journals Commentary: The moral bioenhancement of psychopaths

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elisabetta Sirgiovanni ◽  
Mirko Daniel Garasic
Keyword(s):  
Moral Bioenhancement

Moral Bioenhancement: Much Ado About Nothing?

Bioethics ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 223-232 ◽  
Author(s):  
Inmaculada de Melo-Martin ◽  
Arleen Salles
Keyword(s):  
Moral Bioenhancement ◽  
Much Ado About Nothing

scholarly journals Compulsory moral bioenhancement should be covert

Bioethics ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 112-121
Author(s):  
Parker Crutchfield
Keyword(s):  
Moral Bioenhancement

Covert moral bioenhancement, public health, and autonomy

Bioethics ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (6) ◽  
pp. 725-728
Author(s):  
Alexander Zambrano
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Moral Bioenhancement

scholarly journals The epidemiology of moral bioenhancement

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. B. Gibson
Keyword(s):  
Herd Immunity ◽  
Moral Standing ◽  
Minimum Threshold ◽  
Moral Bioenhancement ◽  
Ultimate Harm

Abstract In their 2008 paper, Persson and Savulescu suggest that for moral bioenhancement (MBE) to be effective at eliminating the danger of ‘ultimate harm’ the intervention would need to be compulsory. This is because those most in need of MBE would be least likely to undergo the intervention voluntarily. By drawing on concepts and theories from epidemiology, this paper will suggest that MBE may not need to be universal and compulsory to be effective at significantly improving the collective moral standing of a human populace and reducing the threat of ultimate harm. It will identify similarities between the mechanisms that allow biological contagions (such as a virus) and behaviours (such as those concerned with ethical and unethical actions) to develop, spread, and be reinforced within a population. It will then go onto suggest that, just as with the epidemiological principle of herd immunity, if enough people underwent MBE to reach a minimum threshold then the incidence and spread of immoral behaviours could be significantly reduced, even in those who have not received MBE.

Moral bioenhancement and agential risks: Good and bad outcomes

Bioethics ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 31 (9) ◽  
pp. 691-696 ◽  
Author(s):  
Phil Torres
Keyword(s):  
Moral Bioenhancement
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