Print Email Facebook Twitter How cognitive enhancement can change our duties Title How cognitive enhancement can change our duties Author Santoni de Sio, F. Faulmüller, N. A Vincent, N. Faculty Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering Department Biomechanical Engineering Date 2014-07-17 Abstract This theoretical paper draws the scientific community’s attention to how pharmacological cognitive enhancement may impact on society and law. Namely, if safe, reliable, and effective techniques to enhance mental performance are eventually developed, then this may under some circumstances impose new duties onto people in high-responsibility professions—e.g., surgeons or pilots—to use such substances to minimize risks of adverse outcomes or to increase the likelihood of good outcomes. By discussing this topic, we also hope to encourage scientists to bring their expertise to bear on this current public debate. To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:302b8e30-6dd7-469d-b63a-47e73795b3ba DOI https://doi.org/10.3389/fnsys.2014.00131 Publisher Frontiers ISSN 1662-5137 Source Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, 8, 2014 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2014 Santoni de Sio, Faulmüller and Vincent. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. Files PDF santoni_fnsys-08-00131.pdf 245.22 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:302b8e30-6dd7-469d-b63a-47e73795b3ba/datastream/OBJ/view