Individual Experiences with Being Pushed to Limits and Variables That Influence the Strength to Which These Are Felt: A Cross-Sectional Survey Study
In a 2021 survey, we found that “limit or suppression experiences” were related to a willingness to use enhancement technologies. However, the concept of “limit or suppression experiences” is vague and difficult to interpret in relation to neuroethics/enhancement. Thus, we aimed to better understand...
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| description | In a 2021 survey, we found that “limit or suppression experiences” were related to a willingness to use enhancement technologies. However, the concept of “limit or suppression experiences” is vague and difficult to interpret in relation to neuroethics/enhancement. Thus, we aimed to better understand “limit or suppression experiences” and establish a robust philosophical concept of the topic. To do so, we exploratively investigated the concept to determine individual experiences with the presence or absence of sensing limits, investigate different ways in which limits can be sensed (factors of the sense of limits: “FSLs”), and identify factors that correlate with the strength of FSLs. Data from an Internet survey investigating respondents’ experiences with limits (1258 respondents) were analyzed using exploratory factor analysis and a linear regression model. Five variables were extracted as the FSLs. The highest regression coefficients were found between physical FSL and sports activities and between cognitive FSL and academics. The lowest regression coefficients were found between relational FSL and academics, sports activities, and arts and cultural activities. The results facilitate a detailed discussion of the motivations of enhancement users, and the extraction of the suppression experience opens new enhancement directions. Further normative and empirical studies are required. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c66f5dc385914aedbe66e3c4354721172023-11-23T16:57:00ZengMDPI AGJ2571-88002022-08-015335836810.3390/j5030024Individual Experiences with Being Pushed to Limits and Variables That Influence the Strength to Which These Are Felt: A Cross-Sectional Survey StudyEisuke Nakazawa0Katsumi Mori1Akira Akabayashi2Department of Biomedical Ethics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, JapanDepartment of Biomedical Ethics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, JapanDepartment of Biomedical Ethics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, JapanIn a 2021 survey, we found that “limit or suppression experiences” were related to a willingness to use enhancement technologies. However, the concept of “limit or suppression experiences” is vague and difficult to interpret in relation to neuroethics/enhancement. Thus, we aimed to better understand “limit or suppression experiences” and establish a robust philosophical concept of the topic. To do so, we exploratively investigated the concept to determine individual experiences with the presence or absence of sensing limits, investigate different ways in which limits can be sensed (factors of the sense of limits: “FSLs”), and identify factors that correlate with the strength of FSLs. Data from an Internet survey investigating respondents’ experiences with limits (1258 respondents) were analyzed using exploratory factor analysis and a linear regression model. Five variables were extracted as the FSLs. The highest regression coefficients were found between physical FSL and sports activities and between cognitive FSL and academics. The lowest regression coefficients were found between relational FSL and academics, sports activities, and arts and cultural activities. The results facilitate a detailed discussion of the motivations of enhancement users, and the extraction of the suppression experience opens new enhancement directions. Further normative and empirical studies are required.https://www.mdpi.com/2571-8800/5/3/24limit or suppress experiencesense of limitneuroethicsenhancementInternet surveyfactor analysis |
| spellingShingle | Eisuke Nakazawa Katsumi Mori Akira Akabayashi Individual Experiences with Being Pushed to Limits and Variables That Influence the Strength to Which These Are Felt: A Cross-Sectional Survey Study J limit or suppress experience sense of limit neuroethics enhancement Internet survey factor analysis |
| title | Individual Experiences with Being Pushed to Limits and Variables That Influence the Strength to Which These Are Felt: A Cross-Sectional Survey Study |
| title_full | Individual Experiences with Being Pushed to Limits and Variables That Influence the Strength to Which These Are Felt: A Cross-Sectional Survey Study |
| title_fullStr | Individual Experiences with Being Pushed to Limits and Variables That Influence the Strength to Which These Are Felt: A Cross-Sectional Survey Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Individual Experiences with Being Pushed to Limits and Variables That Influence the Strength to Which These Are Felt: A Cross-Sectional Survey Study |
| title_short | Individual Experiences with Being Pushed to Limits and Variables That Influence the Strength to Which These Are Felt: A Cross-Sectional Survey Study |
| title_sort | individual experiences with being pushed to limits and variables that influence the strength to which these are felt a cross sectional survey study |
| topic | limit or suppress experience sense of limit neuroethics enhancement Internet survey factor analysis |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2571-8800/5/3/24 |
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