title: Cognitive Enhancement: Treating or Cheating?
abstract: In this article I provide an overview of the moral and medical questions surrounding the use of cognitive enhancers. This discussion will be framed in light of 4 key considerations: (1) is there a difference between therapy and enhancement? (2) How safe are these interventions? (3) Is the use of nootropics cheating? (4) Would enhancers create a further divide of social inequality where only the very wealthy have access to them?
authors.affiliation: Philosophy Department, Walsh University, North Canton, OH. Electronic address: Lwhetstine@walsh.edu.
authors.forename: Leslie M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Whetstine
mesh_terms: D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D018697:Nootropic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D065908:Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology
chemical_list: D018697:Nootropic Agents