Autonomy, addiction and the drive to pleasure: Designing drugs and our biology: A reply to Neil Levy

Bioethics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 21-23

  Foddy, Bennett ^a   Savulescu, Julian ^b  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE;

APPETITE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DECISION MAKING; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; PSYCHOLOGIST; SATISFACTION; SELF CONTROL;

MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES;

BEHAVIOR CONTROL; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; BIOMEDICAL ENHANCEMENT; COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; DESIGNER DRUGS; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MOTIVATION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY;

EID: 31544461501     PISSN: 02699702     EISSN: 14678519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8519.2006.00472.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (7)

1. Bennett Foddy & Julian Savulescu. Addiction and Autonomy: Can Addicted People Consent to the Prescription of Their Drug of Addiction? Bioethics 2006; 20(1): 1-15.
2. H. Frankfurt. Freedom of the Will and the Concept of a Person. J Philos 1971; 68(1): 5-20.
3. J. Savulescu. Desire-based and Value-based Normative Reasons. Bioethics 1999; 13(5): 405-413.
4. Further, we may envy the addict, the person who gives up his or her life for pleasure. Such a life challenges our own values - in order to justify our own values, we condemn the other.
5. Neil Levy. Addiction, Autonomy and Ego-Depletion: A Response to Bennett Foddy and Julian Savulescu. Bioethics 2006; 20(1): 16-20.
6. C. Colantuoni et al. Evidence that Intermittent, Excessive Sugar Intake Causes Endogenous Opioid Dependence. Obes Res 2002; 10(6): 478-488.
7. Such a pill could also be used to promote monogamy and fidelity. You could decide to take the sex driver pill only when you are with your spouse. You would be spared temptation by the desexer pill at other times. If you were really trusting, you would give your own genetically-tailored sex driver pill to your spouse to administer to you to ensure fidelity.