Analysis of ethical risks and countermeasures of neuro-enhancement
10.12026/j.issn.1001-8565.2024.06.09
- VernacularTitle:神经增强的伦理风险及对策探析
- Author:
Wenya XU
1
;
Zhibin LIN
Author Information
1. 广州中医药大学马克思主义学院,广东 广州 510006
- Keywords:
neuro-enhancement;
technology;
ethical risk;
identity recognition;
justice
- From:
Chinese Medical Ethics
2024;37(6):677-685
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Neuro-enhancement,by intervening on nerves for non-medical purposes,improves people's physical,mental,and cognitive functions.While benefiting people,it also raises ethical risks of privacy,fairness,autonomy,and identity recognition between themselves and"artificial life".Faced with these serious ethical risk challenges,it is urgent to propose countermeasures that respect and safeguard the basic rights of human beings,promote fair benefits with the principle of priority,standardize the information dissemination of neuro-enhancement,strengthen public education and training of ethical on neuro-enhancement technologies and advance responsible innovation,as well as carry out ethical education for neuroscience practitioners,with a view to promoting the healthy development of the field of neuroscience.
