The Ethics of "Smart Drugs": Moral Judgments About Healthy People's Use of Cognitive-Enhancing Drugs

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 508-515

  Scheske, Christel ^a   Schnall, Simone ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84869193704     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01973533.2012.711692     Document Type: Article

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