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. 2023 Aug 19;58(2):589–637. doi: 10.1007/s12124-023-09797-6

Table 1.

Relevant questions for a case-by-case evaluation

Section Questions
1 Is it always an improvement? A)      In which context does the enhancement benefit its users?
B)      What are possible individual (phenomenological) side-effects of the enhancement?
2 Testing Intention vs. Effect C)      How do intention and effect align?
D)      Will the enhancement pass the test-in-the-world and enhance its user?
E)      What are the relevant dimensions of evaluation?
3 What about the self? F)       How will the change in our experience and the altered relationship with the world affect our selves?
4 What can be an Enhancement? G)     Could this technology become a means for Human Enhancement?
H)     And if yes, for whom?
5 On the interplay between individual and society I)        How will an enhancement impact society now and in the future?
J)        How much am I told to get enhanced by whom?

Answering these questions will elucidate the complex relationship between the enhancement’s transformative capabilities at various levels and the possible ethical significance of it.