Why is Cognitive Enhancement Deemed Unacceptable? The Role of Fairness, Deservingness, and Hollow Achievements

19 February 2016

Frontiers in Psychology

Faber NS, Savulescu J and Douglas T (2016) Why is Cognitive Enhancement Deemed Unacceptable? The Role of Fairness, Deservingness, and Hollow Achievements. Front. Psychol. 7:232. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00232

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This paper asks why pharmacological cognitive enhancement (PCE) is generally deemed morally unacceptable by lay people.