From Taquería to Medical School: Juan Carlos, Aristotle, Cognitive Enhancements, and a Good Life

G. M. Trujillo
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This paper begins with a vignette of Juan Carlos, an immigrant to America who works to support his family, attends classes at a community college, and cares for his ill daughter. It argues that an Aristotelian virtue ethicist could condone a safe, legal, and virtuous use of cognitive enhancements in Juan Carlos’s case. The argument is that if an enhancement can lead him closer to eudaimonia (i.e., flourishing, or a good life), then it is morally permissible to use it. The paper closes by demonstrating how common objections to cognitive enhancement fail to undermine Juan Carlos’s justifiable use of the technology. The particularities of his case make it morally acceptable for him to use enhancements in certain situations. The paper, thus, constructs a limited, positive case for the virtuous use of pharmaceutical cognitive enhancements.
从Taquería到医学院:胡安·卡洛斯、亚里士多德、认知增强和美好生活
本文以胡安·卡洛斯(Juan Carlos)的小故事开始,他是一个移民到美国的人,为了养家糊口而工作,在社区大学上课,照顾他生病的女儿。它认为,亚里士多德的美德伦理学家可以容忍Juan Carlos案例中安全、合法、有道德地使用认知增强。论点是,如果一种增强可以使他更接近于快乐(即繁荣或美好的生活),那么在道德上是允许使用它的。论文最后论证了对认知增强的普遍反对意见是如何无法削弱胡安·卡洛斯对这项技术的正当使用的。他的情况的特殊性使得他在某些情况下使用增强技术在道德上是可以接受的。因此,本文为药物认知增强的良性使用构建了一个有限的、积极的案例。
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