{"title":"Biohacking Love and the Norms of Relationships.","authors":"Emmanuel Smith, Paul Rezkalla","doi":"10.1093/jmp/jhag006","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Biohacking love-that is, using drugs either to enhance or diminish lust, attraction, and/or attachment-is currently feasible (although imperfectly so). It is likely that in the future, scientists will develop drugs that target lust, attraction, and attachment more accurately than anything currently available, thereby opening up possibilities for people to use such drugs to leave or remain in a relationship. Several scholars have recently argued for the desirability and moral permissibility of using such love drugs. However, we argue that it is most often morally impermissible to use love drugs as interventions in relationships. In particular, we argue that using love drugs is most often incompatible with adhering to the norms of relationships, such as the moral requirement that people in relationships relate to each other virtuously.</p>","PeriodicalId":47377,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Medicine and Philosophy","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9000,"publicationDate":"2026-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Medicine and Philosophy","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jmp/jhag006","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"ETHICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Biohacking love-that is, using drugs either to enhance or diminish lust, attraction, and/or attachment-is currently feasible (although imperfectly so). It is likely that in the future, scientists will develop drugs that target lust, attraction, and attachment more accurately than anything currently available, thereby opening up possibilities for people to use such drugs to leave or remain in a relationship. Several scholars have recently argued for the desirability and moral permissibility of using such love drugs. However, we argue that it is most often morally impermissible to use love drugs as interventions in relationships. In particular, we argue that using love drugs is most often incompatible with adhering to the norms of relationships, such as the moral requirement that people in relationships relate to each other virtuously.
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This bimonthly publication explores the shared themes and concerns of philosophy and the medical sciences. Central issues in medical research and practice have important philosophical dimensions, for, in treating disease and promoting health, medicine involves presuppositions about human goals and values. Conversely, the concerns of philosophy often significantly relate to those of medicine, as philosophers seek to understand the nature of medical knowledge and the human condition in the modern world. In addition, recent developments in medical technology and treatment create moral problems that raise important philosophical questions. The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy aims to provide an ongoing forum for the discussion of such themes and issues.
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