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.