Abstract
Many people feel uneasy about enhancement technologies, yet have a hard time explaining why. This unease is often less with the technologies themselves than about the desires and aspirations that they express. I suggest here that we can diagnose the source of that unease by looking at three themes that emerge in Taylor's writings about the making of the modern self: the importance of social recognition, the ethics of authenticity, and the rise of instrumental reason.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 364-374 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Journal of Medicine and Philosophy |
Volume | 36 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Aug 1 2011 |
Keywords
- Charles Taylor
- antidepressants
- authenticity
- enhancement technologies
- identity
- stimulants