Cognitive Enhancement: Treating or Cheating?

Semin Pediatr Neurol

Philosophy Department, Walsh University, North Canton, OH. Electronic address:

Published: September 2015

In this article I provide an overview of the moral and medical questions surrounding the use of cognitive enhancers. This discussion will be framed in light of 4 key considerations: (1) is there a difference between therapy and enhancement? (2) How safe are these interventions? (3) Is the use of nootropics cheating? (4) Would enhancers create a further divide of social inequality where only the very wealthy have access to them?

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.spen.2015.05.003DOI Listing

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