Bennett Foddy
Biographic Data
| ID | 7971834 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bennett Foddy |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bennett |
| FAMILY NAME | Foddy |
| SIGNATURE | FODDY B |
| AFFILIATIONS | New York University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Alternative Models of Addiction
Considered as a whole, the articles in this volume demonstrate that we can conceptualize addiction as choice, while avoiding both the scylla of moralization and the charybda of brain disease. By doing so, they emphasize the need to give equal attention and weight to the historical, contextual, and biological factors that are significant in addiction, to move forward in understanding and responding to the problem. Addiction as choice may thus offe…
The Right and Wrong of Growing Old: Assessing the Argument from Evolution
One argument which is frequently levelled against the enhancement of human biology is that we do not understand the evolved function of our bodies well enough to meddle in our biology without producing unintended and potentially catastrophic effects. In particular, this argument is levelled against attempts to slow or eliminate the processes of human ageing, or ‘senescence’, which cause us to grow decrepit before we die. In this article, I claim …
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The Right and Wrong of Growing Old: Assessing the Argument from Evolution
One argument which is frequently levelled against the enhancement of human biology is that we do not understand the evolved function of our bodies well enough to meddle in our biology without producing unintended and potentially catastrophic effects. In particular, this argument is levelled against attempts to slow or eliminate the processes of human ageing, or ‘senescence’, which cause us to grow decrepit before we die. In this article, I claim …
Alternative Models of Addiction
Considered as a whole, the articles in this volume demonstrate that we can conceptualize addiction as choice, while avoiding both the scylla of moralization and the charybda of brain disease. By doing so, they emphasize the need to give equal attention and weight to the historical, contextual, and biological factors that are significant in addiction, to move forward in understanding and responding to the problem. Addiction as choice may thus offe…
Addiction (1 works) · Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (1 works) · Chemistry (1 works) · Epistemology (1 works) · Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (1 works) · Medicine (1 works) · Mental Health Research Topics (1 works) · Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations (1 works) · Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (1 works) · Philosophy (1 works)