A Thomistic Account of Anti-Love Biotechnology
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Earp and colleagues (2013) provide an overview and ethical discussion of anti-love biotechnology. Though they are working from a much different tradition, I want to show that the Thomistic traditio...
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Underlying human romantic attachment is a collection of interlocking brain systems hypothesized to have evolved to suit the reproductive needs of our ancestors.
“Underlying human romantic attachment is a collection of interlocking brain systems that are hypothesized to have evolved to suit the reproductive needs of our ancestors.”
From The Medicalization of Love (2015) · cites this paper as [25]
Brain chemicals such as oxytocin, dopamine, testosterone, and many others seem to regulate interpersonal drives and emotions, including the formation of romantic pair-bonds.
“Brain chemicals such as oxytocin, dopamine, testosterone, and many others seem to regulate our interpersonal drives and emotions, including the formation of romantic pair-bonds.”
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These underlying brain phenomena do much to shape, as well as respond to, higher-level romantic experiences across a wide range of theoretical conceptions.
“Although love is not simply reducible to these brain chemicals or pathways—and although there are many different theories of love, including how it should be defined—what is clear by now is that these underlying phenomena do much to shape (as well as to respond to) our higher-level romantic experiences, across a wide range of theoretical conceptions.”
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- Authors
- Boesch, B.
- Affiliations
- University of South Carolina (US)
- Corresponding author
- Boesch, Brandon
- ORCID
- Boesch, Brandon
- Venue
- The American Journal of Bioethics
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2013-11
- Volume
- 13
- Issue
- 11
- Pages
- 30-31
- ISSN
- 1526-5161 (ISSN-L)
- 1536-0075
- OpenAlex
- W2090788301
- Cited by
- 2
- References
- 9
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2014: 1
- FWCI
- 0.18
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- The American Journal of Bioethics (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Ethics and bioethics in healthcare
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Bioethics and Human Rights Issues
- Keywords
- Thomism, Thomas Aquinas, bioethics, love, human enhancement, reproductive technology, ethics of biotechnology
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Biotechnology, Female, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Libido, Love, Male, Object Attachment, Psychotropic Drugs, Sexual Behavior, Stress, Psychological
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