Pharmacological cognitive enhancement and the value of achievements: An intervention

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Bioethics 37 (2):130-134 (2022)
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Pharmacological cognitive enhancements nontherapeutically improve cognitive functioning, though recent critics have challenged their use by claiming that cognitive success, aided by the use of cognitive enhancement, is less valuable than otherwise. We criticize two recent responses to this objection, due to Carter and Pritchard and Wang, and propose a different response on behalf of proponents of cognitive enhancement that is shown to be more promising.

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Emma C. Gordon
University of Glasgow
Rebecca Willis
Lancaster University

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