Moral Enhancement and the Public Good

Parker Crutchfield

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Routledge
21 June 2021

Ethics & moral philosophy; Ethical issues & debates; Bio-ethics

Currently, humans lack the cognitive and moral capacities to prevent the widespread suffering associated with collective risks, like pandemics, climate change, or even asteroids. In Moral Enhancement and the Public Good, Parker Crutchfield argues for the controversial and initially counterintuitive claim that everyone should be administered a substance that makes us better people. Furthermore, he argues that it should be administered without our knowledge. That is, moral bioenhancement should be both compulsory and covert. Crutchfield demonstrates how our duty to future generations and our epistemic inability to promote the public good highlight the need for compulsory, covert moral bioenhancement. This not only gives us the best chance of preventing widespread suffering, compared to other interventions (or doing nothing), it also best promotes liberty, autonomy, and equality. In a final chapter, Crutchfield addresses the most salient objections to his argument.

By: Parker Crutchfield
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 498g
ISBN: 9781032018850
ISBN 10: 1032018852
Pages: 174
Publication Date: 21 June 2021
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Adult education , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction 1. Disease and Treatment 2. Preventing Harm 3. An Epistemic Argument for Compulsory Moral Bioenhancement 4. A Moral Argument for Compulsory Moral Bioenhancement 5. The Proposal 6. The Epistemology of Moral Bioenhancement 7. Covert Moral Bioenhancement 8. Transparency 9. Libertarian Covert Compulsory Moral Bioenhancement Conclusion

Parker Crutchfield is Associate Professor in Medical Ethics, Humanities, and Law at Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine. He writes in bioethics and epistemology, teaches medical ethics to medical students and resident physicians, and provides clinical ethics consultations.