Psychopharmacological enhancement. Glannon, W. Neuroethics, 1(1):45–54, 2008.
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Many drugs have therapeutic off-label uses for which they were not originally designed. Some drugs designed to treat neuropsychiatric and other disorders may enhance certain normal cognitive and affective functions. Because the long-term effects of cognitive and affective enhancement are not known and may be harmful, a precautionary principle limiting its use seems warranted. As an expression of autonomy, though, competent individuals should be permitted to take cognition- and mood-enhancing agents. But they need to be aware of the risks in chronic use of these agents and to take responsibility for their effects. A reasonable middle ground between these positions is to warn those who choose to enhance that doing so entails risks.
@article{Glannon2008,
abstract = {Many drugs have therapeutic off-label uses for which they were not originally designed. Some drugs designed to treat neuropsychiatric and other disorders may enhance certain normal cognitive and affective functions. Because the long-term effects of cognitive and affective enhancement are not known and may be harmful, a precautionary principle limiting its use seems warranted. As an expression of autonomy, though, competent individuals should be permitted to take cognition- and mood-enhancing agents. But they need to be aware of the risks in chronic use of these agents and to take responsibility for their effects. A reasonable middle ground between these positions is to warn those who choose to enhance that doing so entails risks.},
author = {Glannon, Walter},
doi = {10.1007/s12152-008-9005-9},
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isbn = {1874-5490},
issn = {1874-5490},
journal = {Neuroethics},
number = {1},
pages = {45--54},
title = {{Psychopharmacological enhancement}},
url = {http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s12152-008-9005-9},
volume = {1},
year = {2008}
}

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