ETHICAL ISSUES IN MORAL AND SOCIAL ENHANCEMENT
A thesis submitted to The University of Manchester for the degree of Doctor of
Philosophy
in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
2015
Anna Pacholczyk
School of Law
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Contents
ABSTRACT
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Declaration
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Introduction
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CHAPTER 1. What is moral enhancement
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1.1.
Introduction
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1.2.
Three senses of ‘moral’
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1.2.1.
Moral Enhancement as Enhancement that is Morally Desirable
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1.2.2.
Moral Enhancement as a change in some aspect of morality that results in a
morally better agent
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1.2.3.
Moral Enhancement as a beneficial change in the sphere of morality
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1.3.
Enhancement as improvement
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1.3.1.
Treatment and enhancement
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1.3.2.
Enhancement and benefit
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1.3.3.
Moral dis-enhancement
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1.4.
Ethical permissibility
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1.5.
Conclusions
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CHAPTER 2. Hype or hope? Plausibility without techno-utopianism
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2.1.
Introduction
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2.2
Reconsidering our goals
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2.3.
Reconsidering our expectations
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2.3.1.
Context-dependency and individual differences
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2.3.2.
Effectiveness
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2.4.
A case study: oxytocin
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2.5.
Conclusions
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CHAPTER 3. The moral and the pro-social
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3.1.
Introduction
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3.2.
Empathy’s charm
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3.3.
The limits of empathy
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3.4.
Moral and pro-social behaviour
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3.4.1.
Is pro-social always good?
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3.4.2.
Population perspective
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3.4.3.
Moral modification instead of moral enhancement
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3.5.
The importance of moral reasons
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3.6.
Conclusions
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CHAPTER 4. Moral disagreement
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4.1.
Introduction
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4.2.
Moral disagreement and MB
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4.3.
Fundamental moral disagreement
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4.4.
Conclusions
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CHAPTER 5: Medicalization
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5.1.
Introduction
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5.2.
What is medicalization?
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5.2.1.
Medicalization – early sociological approaches
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5.2.2.
New approaches to medicalization – biomedicalization
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5.2.3.
Medicalization: a normative or non-normative concept?
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5.2.4.
Efficacy and the sociological view of medicalization
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5.2.5.
Medicalization and over-medicalization
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5.3.
Ethical appraisal: arguments against medicalization
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5.3.1. The ‘category mistake’ argument examined
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5.3.2. The’ proper goals of medicine’ and ‘the normal and usual traits’ objections
.... 79
5.3.3.
Epistemic, pragmatic and moral justification of pain and harm
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5.3.4. The ‘full human life involves suffering’ argument
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5.3.5. Living well requires that we let some problems be.
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5.3.6. Social control: are we moulding ourselves to fit society instead of adapting the
society to fit people’s needs?
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5.3.7. Exponential growth of costs and the undermining of non-medical coping
arguments
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5.3.8. Is autonomy undermined by a shift in causal explanations?
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5.4.
Ethical appraisal: the benefits of medicalization
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5.5.
Conclusions
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CHAPTER 6: Narrative identity
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6.1.
Introduction
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6.2.
Schechtman’s objection to the use of direct brain modulation
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6.2.1.
Schechtman’s account of narrative identity
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6.2.2.
Schechtman’s objection to biomedical modification
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6.2.3.
Arguments against Schechtman’s objection
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6.2.4.
Empathic access: another challenge?
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6.2.5.
Conclusions
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6.3.
Can Ricoeur’s view of narrative identity ground an ethical objection to MB?
...... 119
6.3.1.
Ricoeur’s view of narrative identity
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6.3.2.
Deficient and dissolving narratives
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6.3.3.
Narrative disorganisation
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6.3.4.
Deficit in integration between multiple self- or other-representations as an
example of a narrative not fulfilling the homophony criterion
...................................... 123
6.3.5.
Against Ricoeur’s homophony criterion
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6.3.6.
How many voices are too many?
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6.3.7.
Conclusions
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6.4.
Arguments against the strong ethical narrative view and the strong psychological
narrative view
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6.5.
Conclusions
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CHAPTER 7. Freedom, autonomy and the God Machine
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7.1.
Introduction
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7.2.
Introducing the God Machine
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7.3.
Moral praise and blame
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7.3.1.
Black vs. the God Machine
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7.3.2.
The making of moral luck
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7.4.
Free will and free action
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7.4.1.
Introduction
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7.4.2.
Frankfurt on free will and free action
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7.4.3.
Frankfurt’s own free will and the God Machine
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7.4.4. Conclusions
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7.5. Free thought and will of one’s own
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7.5.1. Introduction
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7.5.2. Separating thought from action and the appropriate engagement with reasons
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7.5.3. Separating thought from action and overdetermination
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7.5.4. What is a good state of mind worth?
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7.5.6. Conclusions
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7.6. Freedom and domination
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7.6.1. Introduction
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7.6.2. The God Machine impersonated
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7.6.3. Arbitrary and unchecked power
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7.6.4. Ghost in the God Machine: Who is dominating?
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7.6.5. Conclusions
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7.7. Why is the God Machine an undesirable way of making a better society?
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7.7.1. Introduction
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7.7.2. The harm principle
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7.7.3. The inner citadel
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7.8. Why the God Machine is a poor analogy for real-world MB
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7.9. Conclusions
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CHAPTER 8. Beyond the God Machine
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8.1. Introduction
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8.2. Are ‘compulsions for the good’ beyond moral review?
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8.2.1. Introduction
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8.2.2. Online and offline moral review vs online and offline moral control
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8.2.3. Biomedical emotion modulation and moral review
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8.2.4. Conclusions
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8.3. Moral control
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8.3.1. Introduction
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8.3.2. Aristotle’s akrasia, enkrateia and virtue
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8.3.3. Is inverse akrasia any good?
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8.3.4. Deliberation to action
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8.3.5. Is enhancing individual moral agency self-indulgent?
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8.3.6. Why enkrateia will not suffice
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8.3.7. Conclusions
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Conclusions
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References
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