Can a Welfarist Approach be Used to Justify a Moral Duty to Cognitively Enhance Children?

The desire to self-improve is probably as old as humanity: most of us want to be smarter, more athletic, more beautiful, or more talented. However, in the light of an ever increasing array of possibilities to enhance our capacities, clarity about the purpose and goal of such efforts becomes crucial....

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Main Author: Krutzinna, Jenny (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [2016]
In: Bioethics
Year: 2016, Volume: 30, Issue: 7, Pages: 528-535
RelBib Classification:NBE Anthropology
NCH Medical ethics
VA Philosophy
Further subjects:B Intelligence
B Wellbeing
B cognitive abilities
B cognitive enhancement
B Welfarism
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