The reversal test, status quo bias, and opposition to human cognitive enhancement

Clarke, Stephen R.

doi:10.1080/00455091.2016.1176982

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“…17. For further discussion of the appropriate use of the charge of 'status quo bias' in the context of enhancement debates, see Clarke (2016b). 18.…”

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Bioconservatism, bioenhancement and backfiring

Browne

Clarke

2019

Journal of Moral Education

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The prospect of enhancing ourselves through the use of new biotechnologies is for the most part, hypothetical. Nevertheless, the question of whether we should undertake such enhancement is worthy of discussion as it may become possible in the future. In this article, we consider one form of argument that conservative opponents of biotechnological means of enhancement (bioconservatives) deploy in opposition to the use of enhancement technologies-the backfiring objection. This is the objection that the use of such technologies is liable to go wrong and lead to outcomes that are inferior to the outcomes intended. We will argue that the objection is not nearly as significant as bioconservatives suppose it to be. Bioconservatives sometimes supplement the backfiring objection by arguing that change will be irreversible, that the new (or the unconventional) is especially liable to backfire and that humans possess severe and permanent limitations which cannot be overcome. We consider these ways of supplementing the backfiring objection and argue that each of them, when properly understood, is of limited value to the bioconservative. We also consider how traditional approaches to moral education can be supplemented by bioenhancement.

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“…17. For further discussion of the appropriate use of the charge of 'status quo bias' in the context of enhancement debates, see Clarke (2016b). 18.…”

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Bioconservatism, bioenhancement and backfiring

Browne

Clarke

2019

Journal of Moral Education

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“…The concept of status quo bias posits that user resistance can be due to the bias or preference to stay with the current situation. The theory is relevant in this study since it can provide theoretically driven reasons and explanations of non-compliance or firm resistance in procurement implementation (Clarke, 2016;Shockley et al, 2016). Our model, derived by integrating the status quo bias perspective with previous literature, is validated through a survey in the context of procurement implementation.…”

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The influence of the status quo bias theory in the compliance to public procurement regulations in a Sub-Saharan economy

Asamoah

Annan

Rockson

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IJPM

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The importance of public procurement cannot be overemphasised, as this is a tool for achieving efficiency and value in acquisition of goods, works and services. Public sector bodies are required to conduct public procurement according to public procurement law. However, user resistance to the compliance of the procurement regulations have been reported in extant literature. Yet, there is lack of research on understanding users' non-compliance of public procurement laws, especially in sub-Saharan Africa nations such as Ghana. This study uses the status quo bias (SQB) theory to investigate why users fail to comply with the public procurement regulations in a Sub-Saharan nation. We collected data from 84 public sector institutions in Ghana and ordinary least square (OLS) regression was used to analyse the measurement and structural models. Three (3) out of the seven (7) hypothesis developed were supported. We offer theoretical and managerial implications.

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“…Here one might object that preferences for the status quo needn't be irrational (Nebel, 2015), or that Bostrom and Ord's reversal test does not prove as much as they think it does (Clarke, 2016). In Section 3, I will argue that opposition to enhancement cannot be maintained alongside a bad-difference view of disability even if we do have reason to value the status quo.…”

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Understanding the Relationship Between Disability and Enhancement

Chaproniere

2022

Pacific Philosophical Qtr

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This paper assesses how views of disability and enhancement can combine. It is hard to maintain that disabilities and enhancements are both undesirable. Disability-positive views can combine with support for or opposition to enhancement, but not with the view that enhanced traits reliably increase wellbeing. It is consistent to hold that disability is bad and enhancement good; the plausibility of this combination depends on whether it is better to have more options and fewer limitations. Understanding these combined positions makes it easier to check for consistency by evaluating positions on disability and enhancement against each other.

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The reversal test, status quo bias, and opposition to human cognitive enhancement

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Bioconservatism, bioenhancement and backfiring

Bioconservatism, bioenhancement and backfiring

The influence of the status quo bias theory in the compliance to public procurement regulations in a Sub-Saharan economy

Understanding the Relationship Between Disability and Enhancement

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