Saving the World through Sacrificing Liberties? A Critique of some Normative Arguments in Unfit for the Future

Neuroethics 12 (1):23-34 (2016)
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The paper critically engages with some of the normative arguments in Julian Savulescu and Ingmar Persson’s book Unfit for the Future. In particular, it scrutinizes the authors’ argument in denial of a moral right to privacy as well as their political proposal to alter humankind’s moral psychology in order to avert climate change, terrorism and to redress global injustice.

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10.1007/s12152-016-9265-8

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Mental Privacy, Cognitive Liberty, and Hog-tying.Parker Crutchfield - forthcoming - Journal of Bioethical Inquiry.

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Neuroethics: Challenges for the 21st Century.Neil Levy - 2007 - Cambridge University Press.
Unfit for the Future: The Need for Moral Enhancement.Ingmar Persson & Julian Savulescu - 2012 - Oxford, GB: Oxford University Press UK. Edited by Julian Savulescu.

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