Thursday, October 9, 2014

Uplifting Neuro Enhancement (part 4)


It is considered to be inevitable that we will need to deal with the prospect of uplifting animal intelligence, as uplifting will result from our studies to cure degenerative brain disorders like Alzheimer's. Bio-ethicists like George Dvorsky believe it is our “ethical imperative to uplift” animals with our technology to “free them from the anguish of survival of the fittest.” Yet others, such as Paul Graham Raven (a researcher at the University of Sheffield), see this view as human arrogance—a belief in human superiority over nature. Raven questions why we believe we have the moral authority to make this decision for the animals without their consent, and states, “It assumes we know what's best for species other than ourselves. Given we show little evidence of knowing what's best for our own species, I'm inclined to mistrust that assumption, however well intended."

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