Moral enhancement[1] (abbreviated ME[2]), also called moral bioenhancement (abbreviated MBE[3]), is the use of biomedical technology to morally improve individuals. MBE is a growing topic in neuroethics, a field developing the ethics of neuroscience as well as the neuroscience of ethics. After Thomas Douglas introduced the concept of MBE in 2008,[1] its merits have been widely debated in academic bioethics literature.[4][5] Since then,[6]Ingmar Persson and Julian Savulescu have been among the most vocal MBE supporters.[2][7][8][9][10] Much of the debate over MBE has focused on Persson and Savulescu's 2012 book in support of it, Unfit for the Future? The Need for Moral Enhancement.[7]
^Persson, I.; Savulescu, J. (2008). "The perils of cognitive enhancement and the urgent imperative to enhance the moral character of humanity". Journal of Applied Philosophy. 25 (3): 162–177. doi:10.1111/j.1468-5930.2008.00410.x.
^ abPersson, I., & Savulescu, J. (2012a). Unfit for the future: The need for moral enhancement. New York: Oxford University Press.