The Subject of Enhancement: Augmented Capacities, Extended Cognition, and Delicate Ecologies of the Mind

Meacham, Darian

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“…The characteristics of the fictional protagonists will depend on the goal of the exercise, and reflect the specific segments of the population or the social actors considered by the analysis (e.g., women, a specific profession, a distinct industrial sector). 10 In general, the use of personas can contribute to the goal of conveying information in a Bnon abstract, non generalizing form^and is considered an asset of (techno-moral) scenarios ( [29], 57). Table 3 lists the characteristics of the persona pictured in the mock scenario.…”

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“…We could say that enhancement enthusiasts sometimes fail to recognise that these technologies will have to be socially accepted and democratically legitimated if they are to be brought to market or even made available through public health systems, for instance, in Europe. The critics of enhancement neglect the fact that enhancement technologies are already in widespread use; depending on how enhancement is defined, such technologies have been commonplace for centuries [10].…”

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“…The distinction is based on the work of Talcott Parsons[43]. Socialisation refers to the incorporation of values and norms in the psychological structure of individuals; institutionalisation refers to the incorporation of select normative models in the social system of incentives and sanctions 10. Personas are built upon research data on users and, more generally, social groups and strata.…”

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Retooling Techno-Moral Scenarios. A Revisited Technique for Exploring Alternative Regimes of Responsibility for Human Enhancement

Arnaldi

2018

Nanoethics

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The techno-moral scenarios (TMS) approach has been developed to explore the interplay between technology, society and morality. Focused on new and emerging sciences and technologies, techno-moral scenarios can be used to inform and enhance public deliberation on the desirability of socio-technical trajectories. The article presents an attempt to hybridise this scenario tool, complementing the focus on ethics with an explicit acknowledgement of the multiple meanings of responsibility and of the plurality of its regimes, i.e. the institutional arrangements presiding over the assumption and assignment of responsibilities. We call this integrated technique 'rTMS' to stress the continuity with the original technique and, at the same time, to highlight the additional element we aim to develop: responsibility. The article describes this approach and illustrates a loosely standardised procedure that can be used to organise and conduct public engagement workshops based on rTMS.

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2018

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“…Proponents of HE often fail to recognize that technologies do not develop in isolation from society, but are socially embedded and influenced by social, economic, and political conditions [9]. Critics frequently neglect the fact that enhancement technologies are already widespread in use and, depending on how enhancement is defined, have been commonplace for centuries [10].…”

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Responsibility and Human Enhancement

Arnaldi

2018

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Extended mind and cognitive enhancement: moral aspects of cognitive artifacts

Heersmink

2015

Phenom Cogn Sci

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This article connects philosophical debates about cognitive enhancement and situated cognition. It does so by focusing on moral aspects of enhancing our cognitive abilities with the aid of external artifacts. Such artifacts have important moral dimensions that are addressed neither by the cognitive enhancement debate nor situated cognition theory. In order to fill this gap in the literature, three moral aspects of cognitive artifacts are singled out: their consequences for brains, cognition, and culture; their moral status; and their relation to personal identity.

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The Subject of Enhancement: Augmented Capacities, Extended Cognition, and Delicate Ecologies of the Mind

Cited by 6 publications

References 13 publications

Retooling Techno-Moral Scenarios. A Revisited Technique for Exploring Alternative Regimes of Responsibility for Human Enhancement

Retooling Techno-Moral Scenarios. A Revisited Technique for Exploring Alternative Regimes of Responsibility for Human Enhancement

Responsibility and Human Enhancement

Extended mind and cognitive enhancement: moral aspects of cognitive artifacts

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