Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- Acronyms and Abbreviations
- List of Figures
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Defining Human Enhancement and Definitional Issues
- Chapter 2 Analysis of the Arguments in the Ethics Debate Concerning Human (Mood) Enhancement Technology
- Chapter 3 Current Regulation of Human Mood Enhancement Technology
- Chapter 4 Confrontations between Ethics and Law
- Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Miscellaneous Endmatter
Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 September 2025
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- Acronyms and Abbreviations
- List of Figures
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Defining Human Enhancement and Definitional Issues
- Chapter 2 Analysis of the Arguments in the Ethics Debate Concerning Human (Mood) Enhancement Technology
- Chapter 3 Current Regulation of Human Mood Enhancement Technology
- Chapter 4 Confrontations between Ethics and Law
- Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Miscellaneous Endmatter
Summary
ABSTRACT
This introductary chapter elaborates on the problem statement of this book and its ambition throughout Chapters 1 – 4 . It outlines the relationship between law and ethics and the importance of the latter in the regulatory analysis of human (mood) enhancement technologies. It defines the material scope, the novelty of the research on human mood enhancement technology and its impact and relevance for policymakers, lawmakers, technology developers and the academic research community. It also discusses the roles of the person(s) administering the enhancement technology (the enhancer) and the role of the person on whom the enhancement procedure is performed (the enhanced), as well as the desirability of developing human (mood) enhancement technologies. The final section of this chapter presents the methodology used to provide answers to the main research questions and associated sub-questions that guided the analysis in this book.
PROBLEM STATEMENT AND AMBITION
1. Political institutions on both sides of the Atlantic commissioned extensive reports to predict what emerging and future technologies with the potential to improve or change human capacities might look like. These reports urge the development of guidelines and recommendations for policies, regulation and governance of human enhancement technologies (hereinaft er: HETs) in a socially desirable way. Furthermore, academics, including legal scholars and ethicists, amongst others, discussed HETs from their respective specific angles. However, these analyses oft en lack a broader exploration and an overall perspective on the ethical and legal issues associated with a particular type of human enhancement technology.
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- Mood Enhancement TechnologyEthical and Legal Challenges, pp. 1 - 20Publisher: IntersentiaPrint publication year: 2025
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