De Pauw Emilie
Université Libre de Bruxelles.
J Int Bioethique. 2011 Sep-Dec;22(3-4):79-92, 195-6.
This article examines the scope and issues specific to using the term "doping" to describe the growing consumption of cognitive enhancers. It traces the history of the taking of substances for the purpose of improving brain functions and discusses the reasons for its negative connotation. In order to evaluate this moral rejection, it sifts through the possible objections that we could emit against the nootropics, at the individual and societal levels. It proposes to restore the concept of "doping" in our cultural heritage, characterized by the conflicting ideals of authenticity and self-improvement, to finally acknowledge the specificity of our time that has to do with personal achievement through performance. Without incensing doping practices, this article suggests that evincing radically intellectual and/or emotional "doping" is sterile, in contradiction with our actions and preventing us from thinking serenely the use of enhancing drugs.
本文探讨了使用“兴奋剂”一词来描述认知增强剂使用日益增加的范围及相关问题。它追溯了为改善大脑功能而服用物质的历史，并讨论了其负面含义的原因。为了评估这种道德抵制，它梳理了我们在个人和社会层面可能对益智药提出的反对意见。它提议在我们的文化遗产中恢复“兴奋剂”的概念，其特点是真实性和自我提升这两种相互冲突的理想，最终承认我们这个时代与通过表现实现个人成就有关的特殊性。在不激怒兴奋剂使用行为的情况下，本文认为，表现出极端的智力和/或情感“兴奋剂”行为是没有成效的，这与我们的行为相矛盾，并阻碍我们平静地思考使用增强药物的问题。
