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Treatments Approved, Boosts Eschewed: Moral Limits of Neurotechnological Enhancement

2020-06-30

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<p>In six vignette-based experiments, we assessed people’s moral reactions toward various cognition-enhancing brain implants, including their overall approval and perceived fairness, as well as the dehumanization of brain-implanted agents. Across the domains of memory (Studies 1-4, 6), general intelligence (Study 5A), and emotional stability (Study 5B), people in general approved of alleviating ailments, and even...

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DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/qgz9c

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