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Enhancement technologies may reduce an individual's deservedness of success, but this claim lacks a solid rational basis. Arguments supporting this idea either apply only in specific situations or rely on assumptions that weaken the core argument.

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  • Philosophy of Technology
  • Ethics
  • Cognitive Science

Background:

  • Widely held intuitions suggest individuals using enhancement technologies deserve success less.
  • Social-psychological research and philosophical objections implicitly support this view.
  • The concept of 'desert' is central to discussions on fairness and achievement.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To critically examine the rational basis for claims that enhancement technologies diminish deservedness of success.
  • To analyze arguments supporting the notion that technologically aided success warrants less reward.
  • To explore the philosophical implications of enhancement technologies on the concept of desert.

Main Methods:

  • Philosophical analysis of arguments concerning enhancement and desert.
  • Examination of three distinct arguments supporting the diminished desert claim.
  • Critique of the assumptions and scope of these arguments.

Main Results:

  • The examined arguments for diminished desert are not universally applicable.
  • Arguments often succeed only under specific, limited circumstances.
  • The underlying assumptions of some arguments undermine their broader relevance to the desert debate.

Conclusions:

  • The claim that enhancement technologies inherently reduce deservedness of success lacks robust rational support.
  • The appeal to desert is significantly qualified when considering the use of enhancement technologies.
  • Further philosophical inquiry is needed to fully understand the ethical dimensions of technologically augmented achievement.