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The Morality Pill: The Ethics of Moral Enhancement

Authors: Matteo Galletti;

The Morality Pill: The Ethics of Moral Enhancement

Abstract

Human beings have always wanted to become more just and more altruistic, and hoped that future generations would be morally better than the last. In the past, education, teaching, self-discipline, reading, knowledge, and moral exemplars were the main ways to achieve this. But these methods are sometimes ineffective and take a long time to work, especially in the global context where the survival of the human species is threatened by environmental disasters, pandemics, and terrorism. Some writers claim that to deal with these tremendous challenges, we need to find better ways to make people more moral. Genetics, neuroscience, and pharmacology might allow us to alter human biology to make people more generous, compassionate, and empathic. But the moral bio-enhancement project raises many questions: which human traits or dispositions should we change? Should we change emotions or reason? Does moral bio-enhancement allow for freedom? What kind of freedom does it threaten? Are we already practicing forms of moral bio-enhancement without realizing it? This book tries to answer these questions, providing a map of the debate about moral enhancement. Gli esseri umani hanno sempre desiderato diventare più giusti e più altruisti, sperando che le generazioni future fossero moralmente migliori di quelle precedenti. In passato, l'educazione, l'insegnamento, l'autodisciplina, la lettura, la conoscenza e gli esempi morali erano i modi principali per raggiungere questo obiettivo. Ma questi metodi sono talvolta inefficaci e richiedono molto tempo per funzionare, soprattutto nel contesto globale in cui la sopravvivenza della specie umana è minacciata da disastri ambientali, pandemie e terrorismo. Alcuni autori sostengono che per affrontare queste enormi sfide dobbiamo trovare modi migliori per rendere le persone più morali. La genetica, le neuroscienze e la farmacologia potrebbero permetterci di alterare la biologia umana per rendere le persone più generose, compassionevoli ed empatiche. Ma il progetto di biopotenziamento morale solleva molte domande: quali tratti o disposizioni umane dovremmo modificare? Dovremmo cambiare le emozioni o la ragione? Il biopotenziamento morale consente la libertà? Che tipo di libertà minaccia? Stiamo già praticando forme di bio-miglioramento morale senza rendercene conto? Questo libro cerca di rispondere a queste domande, fornendo una mappa del dibattito sul potenziamento morale.

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Potenziamento morale; Libertà; Empatia; Progresso morale Moral Enhancement; Freedom; Empathy; Moral Progress

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