Putting a price on empathy: against incentivising moral enhancement
Journal of Medical Ethics 41 (10):825-829 (2015)
Abstract
Concerns that people would be disinclined to voluntarily
undergo moral enhancement have led to suggestions
that an incentivised programme should be introduced to
encourage participation. This paper argues that, while
such measures do not necessarily result in coercion or
undue inducement (issues with which one may typically
associate the use of incentives in general), the use of
incentives for this purpose may present a taboo tradeoff.
This is due to empirical research suggesting that
those characteristics likely to be affected by moral
enhancement are often perceived as fundamental to the
self; therefore, any attempt to put a price on such traits
would likely be deemed morally unacceptable by those
who hold this view. A better approach to address the
possible lack of participation may be to instead invest in
alternative marketing strategies and remove incentives
altogether.
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