A bioethical Approach to Cognitive Enhancement in Healthy Individuals: “The More is not the Better”

Una aproximación bioética a la mejora cognitiva en individuos sanos: “Más no es mejor”;
Uma aproximação bioética para a melhoria cognitiva em indivíduos saudáveis: "Mais não é melhor"

dc.creatorPiedra Alegría, Jonathan
dc.date2020-05-28
dc.date2023-03-22T19:06:30Z
dc.date2023-03-22T19:06:30Z
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-06T18:02:00Z
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dc.identifierhttps://revistas.unimilitar.edu.co/index.php/rlbi/article/view/4292
dc.identifier10.18359/rlbi.4292
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dc.descriptionThe discussion on human enhancement is one of the topics that has gained more relevance in the current bioethical debates. In this article we will approach this concept, specifically in relation to the cognitive enhancement. In order to create a reflexive ethical framework, we will approach the subject from different points of view. Firstly, how cognitive improvement is understood based on two different aspects: the enhancement purpose and the enhancing activity itself. Subsequently, the scope of cognitive enhancement will be approached from the perspective of scientific research on the subject. On the second part of this paper we will analyze (based on the metanalysis of a selection of technical-empirical research papers) whether there is an actual enhancement and, if there is, what kind of enhancement is it. Finally, we will carry out a reflection around the moral problems represented by cognitive enhancement, to briefly conclude that this kind of enhancement occurs in a very limited manner while being justified from a reductionist framework of cognition and therefore of the human being.
dc.descriptionLa discusión sobre el human enhancement es uno de los temas que ha tomado más relevancia dentro de los debates bioéticos actuales. En este artículo realizaremos un abordaje sobre este concepto, específicamente en relación al tema de la mejora cognitiva. Con la idea de crear un marco ético reflexivo, abordaremos el tema desde varias vertientes. En primer lugar, cómo se entiende la mejora cognitiva, a partir de dos aspectos distintos: la finalidad de la mejora y la acción mejoradora en sí misma. Posteriormente, se enfocarán los alcances de la mejora cognitiva desde la óptica de las investigaciones científicas sobre el tema. En la segunda parte del texto, analizaremos (a partir del meta-análisis de una selección de investigaciones científico-empíricas) el tema de si realmente se presenta una mejora y, de ser así, de qué clase de mejora se trata. Para finalizar, realizaremos una reflexión en torno a los problemas morales que presenta la mejora cognitiva, para concluir brevemente que este tipo de mejora solo se presenta en un sentido muy limitado, al tiempo que se encuentra justificada por un marco reduccionista de la cognición y, por lo tanto, del ser humano mismo.
dc.descriptionA discussão sobre o human enhancement é um dos tópicos que ganhou maior relevância nos atuais debates bioéticos. Neste artigo, abordaremos esse conceito, especificamente em relação à questão da melhoria cognitiva. Com a ideia de criar um marco ético reflexivo, abordaremos a questão sob vários aspectos. Primeiro, como a melhoria cognitiva é entendida, com base em dois aspectos diferentes: a finalidade da melhoria e a própria ação de melhoria. Posteriormente, o alcance da melhoria cognitiva será focado na perspectiva das pesquisas científicas sobre essa temática. Na segunda parte do texto, analisaremos (a partir da meta-análise de uma seleção de pesquisas científico-empíricas) a questão de saber se uma melhoria é realmente apresentada e, em caso afirmativo, de que tipo de melhoria se trata. Finalmente, realizaremos uma reflexão sobre os problemas morais apresentados pela melhoria cognitiva, concluindo brevemente que esse tipo de melhoria ocorre apenas em um sentido muito limitado, sendo justificado por um marco reducionista da cognição e, portanto, do próprio ser humano.
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dc.rightsDerechos de autor 2020 Revista Latinoamericana de Bioética
dc.sourceRevista Latinoamericana de Bioética; Vol. 19 Núm. 37-2 (2019); 93-110
dc.source2462-859X
dc.source1657-4702
dc.subjectHuman enhancement
dc.subjectCognitive enhancement
dc.subjectDrugs
dc.subjectTherapies
dc.subjectPerfectionism ethics
dc.subjectMejora humana
dc.subjectMejora cognitiva
dc.subjectFármacos
dc.subjectTerapias
dc.subjectÉtica del perfeccionamiento
dc.subjectMelhoria humana
dc.subjectMelhoria cognitiva
dc.subjectFármacos
dc.subjectTerapias
dc.subjectÉtica do aperfeiçoamento
dc.titleA bioethical Approach to Cognitive Enhancement in Healthy Individuals: “The More is not the Better”
dc.titleUna aproximación bioética a la mejora cognitiva en individuos sanos: “Más no es mejor”
dc.titleUma aproximação bioética para a melhoria cognitiva em indivíduos saudáveis: "Mais não é melhor"
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