Kantian Ethical Defense of Moral Bioenhancement and Its Dilemma
Moral bioenhancement,as a technical means,can intervene and repair human moral psycholo-gy,moral cognition,moral emotion,so as to enhance human moral motivation and moral ability.MBE achieves self-perfection by eliminating the evil of human nature and enhancing the good of human nature,which coincides with Kantian ethics.From the perspective of Kantian ethics,MBE,as a free choice of self-perfection with imperfect duties,not only does it not harm human dignity and freedom,but also enhances human's rational action ability and provides a justification space for moral agents to liberate themselves from the dominance of emotional and cognitive weaknesses with the help of MBE.But at the same time,there are also dilemmas in MBE's ethical defense:First,the reductionist dilemma of moral bioenhancement;Second,the paradox of freedom enhanced by moral biology;Third,the threat of moral bioenhancement to self-identity;Fourth,self-paternalism.On the basis,through the practical scenario imagination of MBE Kantian ethics,analyzes whether Kantian ethics can defend the enhancement of sports competition and the genetic virtue program,and discusses the ethical complexity of super bio-chemical athletes and making more virtuous offspring.
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