Manipulating Nervous System Activity

Text book: Learning and Memory: From Brain to Behavior Fourth Edition by Mark A.
Gluck (Author), Eduardo Mercado (Author), Catherine E. Myers (Author)

  1. Who should have access to these drugs?
    o Rich people? Poor people?
    o Rich countries? Poor countries?
    o People in certain professions (like athletes, doctors, lawyers, etc.)?
  2. What are the dangers of creating a society dependent on such drugs to ensure
    optimal performance?
    o Who controls or should control access to these medications?
  3. What are the benefits?
    o Could we pharmacologically engineer a knowledge-economy
    society?
    o Could we empty our prisons and fill our universities, using such
    drugs?
  4. Is it unethical to use such drugs under any or all circumstances?
    o How does this topic align with a Christian worldview?