Imagine the following three cases: a) Martin, who was normally pretty friendly and sociable, becomes highly

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1. Imagine the following three cases: a) Martin,
who was normally pretty friendly and sociable, becomes highly
irritable and angry as the result of a difficult relationship and
dissatisfaction with his job, b) Martin, who was normally pretty
friendly and sociable, becomes highly irritable and angry as the
result of developing Alzheimer's, c) Martin, who was normally
pretty friendly and sociable, becomes highly irritable and angry as
the result of a traumatic brain injury. In which of these cases, if
any, would you consider Martin to still be Martin? Explain. 2.
Imagine the following three cases: a) Marina after psychotherapy,
b) Marina after Prozac, and c) Marina after a traumatic brain
injury. In which of these cases, if any, would you consider Marina
to still be Marina? Explain. 3. What is the be best way to think
about academic competition--as people vying for places at the top
educational institutions and for jobs or as an advancement of human
knowledge? Does your way of thinking about this influence how you
think about the permissibility of cognitive enhancers? 4.
Three students have an upcoming term paper due on Plato's Republic:
a) Alice has a condition that requires her to take cognitive
enhancers to concentrate and function at proficient levels. b)
Betty does not have a condition, but has a passion for philosophy
and taking cognitive enhancers will allow her to both finish her
paper and also pursue her love of philosophy by reading Aristotle's
De Anima in her free time. c) Cathy does not have a condition, but
spent her time goofing off all semester and now she doesn't
understand the material and needs to use the cognitive enhancers in
order to finish her paper in time and pass the course. Is there a
moral difference in the use of cognitive enhancers in any of these
cases? If so, what is it? If not, why not?