How cognitive enhancement can change our duties

de Sio, FS; Faulmüller, N; Vincent, NA

How cognitive enhancement can change our duties

de Sio, FS Faulmüller, N Vincent, NA

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Citation:: Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, 2014, 8 (JULY)
Issue Date:: 2014-07-17

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Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	de Sio, FS	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Faulmüller, N	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Vincent, NA https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8772-2318	en_US
dc.date.available	2014-06-30	en_US
dc.date.issued	2014-07-17	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, 2014, 8 (JULY)	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1662-5137	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/137349
dc.description.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. © 2014 Santoni de Sio, Faulmüller and Vincent.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.3389/fnsys.2014.00131	en_US
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.title	How cognitive enhancement can change our duties	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	JULY	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	8	en_US
utslib.for	0606 Physiology	en_US
utslib.for	1109 Neurosciences	en_US
utslib.for	1116 Medical Physiology	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Transdisciplinary Innovation
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pubs.issue	JULY	en_US
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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. © 2014 Santoni de Sio, Faulmüller and Vincent.

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