Is cognitive enhancement appropriate for people without neurological disorders?
Cognitive enhancement has been a big ethical debate throughout the internet world. Some people believe that it is fine to take brain enhancing drugs, but there are other's who are opposed to it being taken by people have no neurological disorder to speak of.
People who are for cognitive enhancement could argue that most people would take brain enhancing drugs already - caffeine in coffee, which helps us to be more alert and awake. They want to improve their learning and discover new things by having their cognitive abilities taken further by these drugs.
The debate against cognitive enhancement is that it is, like sports drugs that enhance physical abilities, is a way of cheating and effecting ones mind negatively. Cognitive enhancement drugs can be abused like any drug, and become addictive.
The most agreed upon fact, as said in this article, is that more research into cognitive enhancement is needed to find the good and bad effects of cognitive enhancement.
Should it be depended on the number of doses that people are using. If i just take this drug on occasion just to keep me focus on one particular task because i can not buy in to that under normal circumstances. Would it be the same as taking energy drink but with a more affective formula ?
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