- Focuses on neuroenhancement interventions for children and adolescents
- Presents a broad perspective on the international scale of neuroenhancement
- Discusses the practical implications for parenting, schooling, and policy-making
The volume offers a unique collection of articles on pediatric neuroenhancement from an international and multidisciplinary perspective. In recent years, the topic of “neuroenhancement” has become increasingly relevant in academia and practice, as well as among the public.
While autonomous adults are free to choose neuroenhancement, in children it presents its own ethical, social, legal, and developmental issues. A plethora of potential (neurotechnological) enhancement agents are on the market. While the manifold issues surrounding the topic have been extensively discussed, there is little work on the specific questions that arise in children and adolescents.
This book addresses this gap in the literature: Next to conceptual and normative work on autonomy and self-control, the collection explores the implications for parenting and schooling, and provides input for a discussion of public attitudes. It is a valuable resource for the different academic communities confronted with questions of how to evaluate and approach enhancement in children and is of interest to neuroethicists, scholars in applied ethics and neurology, psychiatrists and psychologists as well as scientists developing enhancement interventions for children.
Table of ContentsPart-1: Perspectives on the specific value of childhood -self-control, autonomy, and naturalness 12
- Chapter-1: Shaping Children: The Pursuit of Normalcy in Pediatric Cognitive Neuro-enhancement 12
- Chapter-2: Self-control enhancement in children: Ethical and conceptual aspects
- Chapter-3: Neuro-Enhancement at the Margins of Autonomy: In the Best Interest of Children and Elderly?
- Chapter-4: Pediatric Neuro-Enhancement and Natural Goodness
Part-2: Learning from Perspectives of the Publics 60
- Chapter-5: Experimental Neuroethics
- Chapter-6: Public Perceptions of Prescription Drug Use for Cognitive Enhancement in Healthy Children and Adolescents
- Chapter-7: Pediatric Pharmacological Cognitive Enhancement in a Self-Medicating Society
Part-3: Perspectives on implications for parenting, education, and policy 93
- Chapter-8: Enhancing young brains in contemporary family life: Exploring the context and scope of pediatric neuro-enhancement
- Chapter-9: Education and the Ethics of Neuro-enhancement
- Chapter-10: Self-melioration, autonomy and music enriched self-control. On enhancing children s attention
- Chapter-11: Explaining Gender Differences in the Diagnosis of ADHD in Children
- Chapter-12: Pediatric neuroenhancement, best interest and autonomy: A case of normative reversal
