The limits of direct modulation of emotion for moral enhancement

Assuming that moral enhancement is morally permissible, I contend that a more careful theoretical treatment of emotion and the affective landscape is needed to advance both our understanding and the prospects of interventions aimed at moral enhancement. Using Douglas’ proposal for the direct modulat...

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Main Author: Carman, Mary (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [2021]
In: Bioethics
Year: 2021, Volume: 35, Issue: 2, Pages: 192-198
RelBib Classification:NBE Anthropology
NCH Medical ethics
ZD Psychology
Further subjects:B moral enhancement
B modulation of emotion
B Emotion
B cares and goals
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