Unrequited. Neurochemical Enhancement of Love

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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.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)355 - 360
JournalCambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics : CQ : the international journal of healthcare ethics committees
Volume24
Issue number3
Early online date10 Jul 2015
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jul 2015

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