Are There Any True Moral Enhancements? : Aristotelian and Thomistic Perspectives

Zusammenfassung: Questions about moral enhancements have arisen within the context of transhumanism. One of the most fundamental of these questions is whether true moral enhancements are even possible. My paper aims to address this question with a yes and no reply. After laying out criteria for what counts as moral enhancements, I look at whether it is possible to make a person morally better within the context of two distinct virtue-ethics frameworks, namely, Aristotles and Thomas Aquinass. I argue that, on Aristotles account, no biotechnological moral enhancement can directly make someone morally virtuous, although virtue may be enhanced indirectly. For Aquinas, the same argument holds, but I show that, on his view, grace counts as the only true moral enhancement

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: 1 Online-Ressource (17 Seiten)
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Are There Any True Moral Enhancements? ; volume:10 ; number:2 ; year:2023 ; pages:221-237 ; PublicationDate: 20240109 ; Philosophy, theology and the sciences ; 10, Heft 2 (2023), 221-237

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Rath, Beth A.

Further information

• DOI: 10.1628/ptsc-2023-0022
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2024011902273136370497
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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