認知能力遺伝子増強と資本主義的実力主義
1Centre for Biomedical Science, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore. sprince@nus.edu.sg.
BMC medical ethics
|January 9, 2026
まとめ
認知能力増強(CE)の追求は、超知能と生産性を重視する抑圧的な資本主義的規範に突き動かされている可能性があり、本物ではないかもしれない。これは、認知能力遺伝子増強の道徳的許容性に疑問を投げかける。
科学分野:
- 生命倫理学
- 神経倫理学
- 技術の社会学
背景:
- 認知能力増強(CE)と人間の自律性/真正性との関係は、通常、CEがこれらの特性に影響を与えるという見方で捉えられている。
- CEの価値と追求自体が、真正性について検討されることはめったにない。
研究 の 目的:
- 認知能力遺伝子増強の道徳的許容性が、その真正な価値に関する懸念によって損なわれると主張すること。
- CEに対する広範な欲求が、抑圧的な社会規範の影響を受けているかどうかを調査すること。
主な方法:
- 哲学的論証
- 社会規範の批判的分析
- 資本主義的実力主義の影響の検討
主要な成果:
- CEに置かれる価値は、「超知能」と生産性を促進する抑圧的な規範に由来する可能性がある。
- これらの規範は、家父長制と人種差別的な根拠を持つ資本主義的実力主義に由来すると主張されている。
- CE使用における自律的な選択という主張は、特に遺伝子改変に関しては弱まる。
結論:
- 認知能力遺伝子増強の道徳的許容性は、潜在的に真正でない動機のために疑わしい。
- 知能と生産性に関する規範に対する資本主義的実力主義の影響を考慮する必要がある。
- CE使用に関連する自律性は、特に遺伝子介入においては、しばしば想定されるよりも堅牢ではない。
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