Analysis of ethical risks and countermeasures of neuro-enhancement / 中国医学伦理学

ABSTRACT

Neuro-enhancement，by intervening on nerves for non-medical purposes，improves people’s physical，mental，and cognitive functions. While benefiting people，it also raises ethical risks of privacy，fairness，autonomy，and identity recognition between themselves and “artificial life”. Faced with these serious ethical risk challenges，it is urgent to propose countermeasures that respect and safeguard the basic rights of human beings，promote fair benefits with the principle of priority，standardize the information dissemination of neuro-enhancement，strengthen public education and training of ethical on neuro-enhancement technologies and advance responsible innovation，as well as carry out ethical education for neuroscience practitioners，with a view to promoting the healthy development of the field of neuroscience.