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CHAPTER 1 ? Introduction
1.1 Introduction
1.2 A new situation
1.3 From bad to worse
1.4 How to handle matters better: skills required to manage risks
1.5 Can we acquire the skills?
1.6 Enhancement methods
1.7 Which cognitive capacities?
References
CHAPTER 2 ? The neurophysiological background
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Neuroplasticity
2.3 Attention
2.4 Mind-wandering
2.5 Emotional regulation
2.6 Mental training ?meditation
2.7 Some challenges with meditation practice and research
References
CHAPTER 3 ? The Methods
3.1 How to improve
3.2 Defining cognitive enhancement
3.3 Three methods
3.4 Pharmaceuticals, hormones and neurotransmitters
3.5 Technology
3.6 Possible effects of meditation techniques and mental training
3.7 Computer games
Combining methods
References
CHAPTER 4 ? Cognitive flexibility
4.1 How does cognitive flexibility relate to meditation?
4.2 Cognitive flexibility 4.3 Why is it good to be more cognitively flexible?
4.4 Improved cognitive flexibility can translate to better decision-making
4.5 Smarter but not nicer
4.6. Summary
References
CHAPTER 5 ?Some key elements of virtue ethics
Part A: A brief introduction to virtue ethics
5.1. Introduction
5.2 A suitable moral framework
5.3 The beginnings of virtue ethics
5.4 What is the virtuous life and what is so good about it?
5.5 In summary
Part B: From meditation to the good life
5.6 Training for virtue
5.7 Creating moral experts
5.8 Enhancement as an enabler
5.9 Enhancement as a way to increase commitment
5.10 Helpful but not enough
5.11 The role of epistemic virtues
5.12 Some modern or new epistemic virtues that might be useful
5.12 From core capacities to functional change and decision-making
5.13 Commonalities and compatibility
5.14 Conclusion
References
CHAPTER 6 ? Conclusions
6.1 Summary
6.2 Combinations
6.3 Moral enhancement ? different takes
6.4 The role of embedding structures
6.5 Concluding remarks
References.
1.1 Introduction
1.2 A new situation
1.3 From bad to worse
1.4 How to handle matters better: skills required to manage risks
1.5 Can we acquire the skills?
1.6 Enhancement methods
1.7 Which cognitive capacities?
References
CHAPTER 2 ? The neurophysiological background
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Neuroplasticity
2.3 Attention
2.4 Mind-wandering
2.5 Emotional regulation
2.6 Mental training ?meditation
2.7 Some challenges with meditation practice and research
References
CHAPTER 3 ? The Methods
3.1 How to improve
3.2 Defining cognitive enhancement
3.3 Three methods
3.4 Pharmaceuticals, hormones and neurotransmitters
3.5 Technology
3.6 Possible effects of meditation techniques and mental training
3.7 Computer games
Combining methods
References
CHAPTER 4 ? Cognitive flexibility
4.1 How does cognitive flexibility relate to meditation?
4.2 Cognitive flexibility 4.3 Why is it good to be more cognitively flexible?
4.4 Improved cognitive flexibility can translate to better decision-making
4.5 Smarter but not nicer
4.6. Summary
References
CHAPTER 5 ?Some key elements of virtue ethics
Part A: A brief introduction to virtue ethics
5.1. Introduction
5.2 A suitable moral framework
5.3 The beginnings of virtue ethics
5.4 What is the virtuous life and what is so good about it?
5.5 In summary
Part B: From meditation to the good life
5.6 Training for virtue
5.7 Creating moral experts
5.8 Enhancement as an enabler
5.9 Enhancement as a way to increase commitment
5.10 Helpful but not enough
5.11 The role of epistemic virtues
5.12 Some modern or new epistemic virtues that might be useful
5.12 From core capacities to functional change and decision-making
5.13 Commonalities and compatibility
5.14 Conclusion
References
CHAPTER 6 ? Conclusions
6.1 Summary
6.2 Combinations
6.3 Moral enhancement ? different takes
6.4 The role of embedding structures
6.5 Concluding remarks
References.