Ethical concerns
extract from Times Online article:
"There are many ethical concerns about enhancement. Most are about fairness, particularly in relation to competitive sport or exams. But there are darker worries. If a brain implant was shown to control mood, could you force a violent criminal to have one? If many had mood-enhancing implants, could someone override their individual controls and thus control them all? And there are always two sides to the many coins in the enhancement debate. For instance, chemicals called ampakines can enhance memory, but some would rather take drugs that prevent rather than enhance memory formation, such as those who work in stressful situations or those who have been subjected to trauma. What if soldiers were forced to take such drugs? "
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