title: How cognitive enhancement can change our duties.
abstract: This theoretical paper draws the scientific community's attention to how pharmacological cognitive enhancement may impact on society and law. Namely, if safe, reliable, and effective techniques to enhance mental performance are eventually developed, then this may under some circumstances impose new duties onto people in high-responsibility professions-e.g., surgeons or pilots-to use such substances to minimize risks of adverse outcomes or to increase the likelihood of good outcomes. By discussing this topic, we also hope to encourage scientists to bring their expertise to bear on this current public debate.
authors.affiliation: Department Values, Technology and Innovation, Faculty Technology, Policy and Management, Delft University of Technology Delft, Netherlands.
authors.forename: Filippo
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Santoni de Sio
authors.affiliation: Department Values, Technology and Innovation, Faculty Technology, Policy and Management, Delft University of Technology Delft, Netherlands ; Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford Oxford, UK.
authors.forename: Nadira
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Faulmüller
authors.affiliation: Department Values, Technology and Innovation, Faculty Technology, Policy and Management, Delft University of Technology Delft, Netherlands ; Department of Philosophy, Georgia State University Atlanta, GA, USA.
authors.forename: Nicole A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Vincent
keywords: cognitive enhancement; ethics; law; mental capacity; methylphenidate; modafinil; neuroenhancement; professional duties
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