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NANO - Role Play
                          Improving Human Brain Capabilities


Could eyes be given extra artificial vision that would allow you to see in infrared, ultraviolet and
X-ray? Could ears have a makeover by adding devices which could hear in a wider range of
frequencies?


Although these examples are just fantasy at the moment a real example would be a new implant
that neurosurgeons can use to treat patients with severe Parkinson’s disease – a disorder of the
central nervous system that often impairs the sufferer's motor skills, speech and other functions.
It has been found that the uncontrollable tremor of patients can be removed if a nano-size elec-
trode is inserted into the brain that delivers a continuous electrical stimulus to the brain. This
precise electrical stimulus has the effect of removing the tremors. However this device could be
used to treat other medical and health conditions such as intractable epilepsy, as well as mood
and eating disorders. Could this nanotechnology be used to increase the capability of the brain in
areas for which it was not originally developed? An example of this might be students enhancing
their concentration during exams.




                             Ref:
                             http://www.springerlink.com/content/k406717nr51l9443/fulltext.pdf




The Dilemma is:
Is it ethically acceptable to use technologies developed for specific medical treatments for
other purposes like improving human capabilities?
NANO - Role Play                                                               NANO - Role Play
                  Improving Human Brain Capabilities                                             Improving Human Brain Capabilities

The Dilemma is:                                                               The Dilemma is:
Is it ethically acceptable to use technologies developed for specific          Is it ethically acceptable to use technologies developed for specific
medical treatments for other purposes like improving human capa-              medical treatments for other purposes like improving human capa-
bilities?                                                                     bilities?

Stakeholder: The Scientist                                                    Stakeholder: Potential Patient

• Read the text on your card and share your opinion with the group            • Read the text on your card and share your opinion with the group

You represent the community of scientists and researchers in the nano-
science and nanotechnology field.                                              You represent patients seeking medical care.
Your primary motivations are:                                                 Your primary motivations are:
• To seek knowledge and understanding of the human brain.                     • Make sure that patients get the medical care they need.
• To improve the conditions we live in.                                       • Ensure that patients have a say in what kinds of care they get.
• To design methods for restoring brain capabilities altered due to medi-
cal conditions.

                                                                              Any help I can get to live a longer, healthier life I’m going to take, why
People often fear the unknown and wish to resist change. The very             shouldn’t I? My friend’s father had Parkinson’s disease and I watched his
premise of science is to always push the known boundaries. Without this       condition deteriorate. If there are devices that could help him function
drive there would never be any improvement of the conditions we live in       better, he would suffer less. He is entitled to be able to live his life as
or the technology we have at our disposal. It is not right to try and put a   “normally” as possible.
limit on what science can achieve. It is not science that should be moni-
tored but the ethics of the people who go on to use it. Social values and
moral principles are not the realm of science.                                • Share your opinion with the group

                                                                               I think………
• Share your opinion with the group
 I think………




• Note: you may come up with additional ideas, don’t feel limited by the      • Note: you may come up with additional ideas, don’t feel limited by the
information above.                                                            information above.
NANO - Role Play                                                              NANO - Role Play
                   Improving Human Brain Capabilities                                            Improving Human Brain Capabilities

The Dilemma is:                                                                The Dilemma is:
Is it ethically acceptable to use technologies developed for specific           Is it ethically acceptable to use technologies developed for specific
medical treatments for other purposes like improving human capa-               medical treatments for other purposes like improving human capa-
bilities?                                                                      bilities?

Stakeholder: Ethicist                                                          Stakeholder: Finance Minister in a country in the developing world

• Read the text on your card and share your opinion with the group             • Read the text on your card and share your opinion with the group


You represent an ethical group seeking social justice and equity.              You represent your government, which makes decisions as to which
Your primary motivations are:                                                  drugs will be licensed and how they will be available.
• Make sure that no one is lacking for their basic needs.                      Your primary motivations are:
• Priority must be given to global distribution of the products and services   • Protect the citizens from harm.
created by nanotechnologies.                                                   • Provide equal health care for all citizens.
• Providing a critical normative analysis of the moral issues at stake in      • Keep cost of public health care as low as possible.
that sector of human activities.

                                                                               This treatment will be expensive and my government cannot afford to
Ethics refers to the social norms and values that guide both individuals       allocate so much money to this treatment. Why invest in such develop-
and their interaction with their fellow human beings and communities,          ments that could help only a few people whereas we could invest in
and with their environment. There should be limits to manipulations in the     developments supporting more people.
brain, as we should respect the natural abilities of humanity.

• Share your opinion with the group                                            • Share your opinion with the group

 I think………                                                                     I think………




• Note: you may come up with additional ideas, don’t feel limited by the       • Note: you may come up with additional ideas, don’t feel limited by the
information above.                                                             information above.
NANO - Role Play                                                          NANO - Role Play
                  Improving Human Brain Capabilities                                        Improving Human Brain Capabilities

The Dilemma is:                                                            The Dilemma is:
Is it ethically acceptable to use technologies developed for specific       Is it ethically acceptable to use technologies developed for specific
medical treatments for other purposes like improving human capa-           medical treatments for other purposes like improving human capa-
bilities?                                                                  bilities?

Stakeholder: Private Medical Centre
                                                                           Stakeholder: Child (You)
• Read the text on your card and share your opinion with the group

                                                                           What is your opinion?
You represent a Private Medical Centre that provides treatment for
Parkinson’s disease and is seeking also to use it for other purposes .
Your primary motivations are:
• To meet demand for brain improvement / enhancement .
• To generate profit for your Medical Centre.


We try to meet the demand that people express. That is our remit. How-
ever, any advances made in medicine are often initially very expensive
due to research costs but then eventually become more widely available
as production costs become cheaper. If there is a demand for body
enhancement or even a treatment originally created for one disease but
which then has uses in another area, we will try to meet it. It is our
business. Body enhancement has been around for decades, think of
plastic surgery, this has now become common place. It is obvious that
developments will happen in this area as they have in others.

• Share your opinion with the group
 I think………




• Note: you may come up with additional ideas, don’t feel limited by the
information above.

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Role play - Super human brain - Nanotechnology

  • 1. NANO - Role Play Improving Human Brain Capabilities Could eyes be given extra artificial vision that would allow you to see in infrared, ultraviolet and X-ray? Could ears have a makeover by adding devices which could hear in a wider range of frequencies? Although these examples are just fantasy at the moment a real example would be a new implant that neurosurgeons can use to treat patients with severe Parkinson’s disease – a disorder of the central nervous system that often impairs the sufferer's motor skills, speech and other functions. It has been found that the uncontrollable tremor of patients can be removed if a nano-size elec- trode is inserted into the brain that delivers a continuous electrical stimulus to the brain. This precise electrical stimulus has the effect of removing the tremors. However this device could be used to treat other medical and health conditions such as intractable epilepsy, as well as mood and eating disorders. Could this nanotechnology be used to increase the capability of the brain in areas for which it was not originally developed? An example of this might be students enhancing their concentration during exams. Ref: http://www.springerlink.com/content/k406717nr51l9443/fulltext.pdf The Dilemma is: Is it ethically acceptable to use technologies developed for specific medical treatments for other purposes like improving human capabilities?
  • 2. NANO - Role Play NANO - Role Play Improving Human Brain Capabilities Improving Human Brain Capabilities The Dilemma is: The Dilemma is: Is it ethically acceptable to use technologies developed for specific Is it ethically acceptable to use technologies developed for specific medical treatments for other purposes like improving human capa- medical treatments for other purposes like improving human capa- bilities? bilities? Stakeholder: The Scientist Stakeholder: Potential Patient • Read the text on your card and share your opinion with the group • Read the text on your card and share your opinion with the group You represent the community of scientists and researchers in the nano- science and nanotechnology field. You represent patients seeking medical care. Your primary motivations are: Your primary motivations are: • To seek knowledge and understanding of the human brain. • Make sure that patients get the medical care they need. • To improve the conditions we live in. • Ensure that patients have a say in what kinds of care they get. • To design methods for restoring brain capabilities altered due to medi- cal conditions. Any help I can get to live a longer, healthier life I’m going to take, why People often fear the unknown and wish to resist change. The very shouldn’t I? My friend’s father had Parkinson’s disease and I watched his premise of science is to always push the known boundaries. Without this condition deteriorate. If there are devices that could help him function drive there would never be any improvement of the conditions we live in better, he would suffer less. He is entitled to be able to live his life as or the technology we have at our disposal. It is not right to try and put a “normally” as possible. limit on what science can achieve. It is not science that should be moni- tored but the ethics of the people who go on to use it. Social values and moral principles are not the realm of science. • Share your opinion with the group I think……… • Share your opinion with the group I think……… • Note: you may come up with additional ideas, don’t feel limited by the • Note: you may come up with additional ideas, don’t feel limited by the information above. information above.
  • 3. NANO - Role Play NANO - Role Play Improving Human Brain Capabilities Improving Human Brain Capabilities The Dilemma is: The Dilemma is: Is it ethically acceptable to use technologies developed for specific Is it ethically acceptable to use technologies developed for specific medical treatments for other purposes like improving human capa- medical treatments for other purposes like improving human capa- bilities? bilities? Stakeholder: Ethicist Stakeholder: Finance Minister in a country in the developing world • Read the text on your card and share your opinion with the group • Read the text on your card and share your opinion with the group You represent an ethical group seeking social justice and equity. You represent your government, which makes decisions as to which Your primary motivations are: drugs will be licensed and how they will be available. • Make sure that no one is lacking for their basic needs. Your primary motivations are: • Priority must be given to global distribution of the products and services • Protect the citizens from harm. created by nanotechnologies. • Provide equal health care for all citizens. • Providing a critical normative analysis of the moral issues at stake in • Keep cost of public health care as low as possible. that sector of human activities. This treatment will be expensive and my government cannot afford to Ethics refers to the social norms and values that guide both individuals allocate so much money to this treatment. Why invest in such develop- and their interaction with their fellow human beings and communities, ments that could help only a few people whereas we could invest in and with their environment. There should be limits to manipulations in the developments supporting more people. brain, as we should respect the natural abilities of humanity. • Share your opinion with the group • Share your opinion with the group I think……… I think……… • Note: you may come up with additional ideas, don’t feel limited by the • Note: you may come up with additional ideas, don’t feel limited by the information above. information above.
  • 4. NANO - Role Play NANO - Role Play Improving Human Brain Capabilities Improving Human Brain Capabilities The Dilemma is: The Dilemma is: Is it ethically acceptable to use technologies developed for specific Is it ethically acceptable to use technologies developed for specific medical treatments for other purposes like improving human capa- medical treatments for other purposes like improving human capa- bilities? bilities? Stakeholder: Private Medical Centre Stakeholder: Child (You) • Read the text on your card and share your opinion with the group What is your opinion? You represent a Private Medical Centre that provides treatment for Parkinson’s disease and is seeking also to use it for other purposes . Your primary motivations are: • To meet demand for brain improvement / enhancement . • To generate profit for your Medical Centre. We try to meet the demand that people express. That is our remit. How- ever, any advances made in medicine are often initially very expensive due to research costs but then eventually become more widely available as production costs become cheaper. If there is a demand for body enhancement or even a treatment originally created for one disease but which then has uses in another area, we will try to meet it. It is our business. Body enhancement has been around for decades, think of plastic surgery, this has now become common place. It is obvious that developments will happen in this area as they have in others. • Share your opinion with the group I think……… • Note: you may come up with additional ideas, don’t feel limited by the information above.