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March 31, 2007
Cognitive enhancement conference
On March 27-28th a Workshop on cognition and physical enhancement was arranged in Stockholm by the Centre for Practical Ethics, Oxford University and by the Stockholm Bioethics Centre, Stockholm University.
The workshop described existing and future enhancement technologies.
Recent developments within the field of genetics give us reason to expect that in the future we will be able to cure people suffering from serious pathological states and even to prevent disease. This scenario however is not totally unproblematic. Some people predict that with increased capacity to cure, the possibility will follow of enhancing human capacities beyond what has hitherto been considered as species-normal. Should we fear such a development or should we welcome it?
Julian Savulescu from Oxford University opened up the workshop
Anders Sandberg gave a brief review of existing enhancement technologies. In a later speech Sandberg addressed the question if enhancements are gendered.
ENHANCE Project coordinator Ruud ter Meulen from Centre for Ethics in Medicine, Bristol University during his speech.
Eudoxa Director Waldemar Ingdahl gave a speech where he traced how the public discourse about enhancements has gradually moved from the field of bioethics into the field of biopolitics.
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Posted by Waldemar at March 31, 2007 12:30 PM