neuroethics learning collaborative brain enhancement ii ......listening to prozac “the self, and...
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Neuroethics Learning Collaborative
Brain enhancement II: Mood and Personality enhancement
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Outline of lecture
• Definition: Revisiting therapy vs enhancement
• SSRIs – (how) do they work as enhancers?
• Beyond SSRIs: Other drugs that lift mood and brighten personality
• Ethical, legal and social issues
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Listening to Prozac“The self, and how it fares in a
world where personality is understood as ‘biological’ and subject to biological influence, is a central issue for our time… Who are we, if we can be so altered by medication? And why should the medicated self on occasion feel more ‘true’ than the unmedicated?”
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Listening to Prozac
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Not promoting SSRI for mood/personality enhancement
‘Enhancement’? Pts not hunky dory
- fuzzy and moving line between therapy and enhancement
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Outline of lecture
• Definition: Revisiting therapy vs enhancement
• SSRIs – (how) do they work as enhancers?
• Beyond SSRIs: Other drugs that lift mood and brighten personality
• Ethical, legal and social issues
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SSRIs – (how) do they work as enhancers?- Serotonin reuptake
- Mood effects downstream
- More effective for severe than mild depression
- But do affect mood and behavior in normal people
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paroxetine in healthy normal SsKnutson et al (1998) Am J. of Psychiatry
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Outline of lecture
• Definition: Revisiting therapy vs enhancement
• SSRIs – (how) do they work as enhancers?
• Beyond SSRIs: Other drugs that lift mood and brighten personality
• Ethical, legal and social issues
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Mother’s little helpers
• 1950’s-1960’s
• Tranquilizers, amphetamine
• Treat ups and downs of life
• Doctors turn away in 70’s because of addiction
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Outline of lecture
• Definition: Revisiting therapy vs enhancement
• SSRIs – (how) do they work as enhancers?
• Beyond SSRIs: Other drugs that lift mood and brighten personality
• Ethical, legal and social issues
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Ethical, legal and social issues
Safety, Fairness and Freedom, as with CEs
Personhood, Identity and Authenticity
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Ethical, legal and social issues
Safety, Fairness and Freedom, as with CEs
Personhood, Identity and Authenticity
“Resistance is futile”
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