title: Unrequited: neurochemical enhancement of love.
abstract: I raise several concerns with Earp and colleagues' analysis of enhancement through neurochemical modulation of love as a key issue in contemporary neuroethics. These include: (i) strengthening their deflation of medicalization concerns by showing how the objection that love should be left outside of the scope of medicine would directly undermine the goal of medicine; (ii) developing stronger analysis of the social and political concerns relevant to neurochemical modulation of love, by exploring and suggesting possible counters to ways in which 'wellbeing' may be used as a tool of oppression; (iii) providing reasons to support a broad need for ecological investigation of, and indeed ecological education concerning, neurotechnology; (iv) suggesting ways in which philosophy, and the humanities more broadly, remain directly relevant to responding effectively to issues in contemporary neuroethics.
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bamford
mesh_terms: D024803:Biomedical Enhancement / Q000941:ethics*; D026689:Ethical Analysis; D006801:Humans; D008149:Love; D062528:Medicalization / Q000941:ethics*; D009014:Morals; D009488:Neurosciences / Q000941:ethics*; D010686:Philosophy, Medical; D012945:Social Values
keywords: Philosophy; humanities; love; neuroethics; neurotechnology