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This Concept Map, created with IHMC CmapTools, has information related to: Rough Draft 1.7, Biotechnical powers used to produce contentment in accordance with democratic tastes threaten the character of human striving and diminish the possibility of human excellence. therefore (ArgScheme: modus ponens) The pursuit of being "better than well" through the use of biotechnology alone does not lead to either flourishing individual human lives or to flourishing societies., If wealthier individuals will have greater access to cutting edge biotechnology and those who can take advantage of personal enhancers will have a significant advantage over those who cannot, then wealthier individuals will have a significant advantage over others. therefore (ArgScheme: modus ponens) Wealthier individuals will have a significant advantage over others., If a fluorishing human life is a life focused on living well and a life without decline is not a life focused on living well then a life wouthout decline is not a fluoring human life. therefore (ArgScheme: modus ponens) A life without decline is not a fluorishing human life, It is possible that the more productive society will also open up new opportunites for the young to contribute, so they may not be simply replacing the old but working alongside them. objects (ConfScheme) If the older generations have less incentive to retire, then there will be fewer opportunities for the young to contribute to society., Without physical decline people will have more fear and feel more anxiety toward the thought of death therefore (ArgScheme: modus ponens) A life without the decline is a life focused on staying alive, Insulin can lessen the complications of living with diabetes. example Biotechnology can sometimes lessen the pain and/or the complications of living with a disease., Biotechnology can sometimes lessen the pain and/or the complications of living with a disease. therefore (ArgScheme: modus ponens) Biotechnology can serve to improve the quality of a person's life., Wealthier individuals will have greater access to cutting edge biotechnology. therefore (ArgScheme: modus ponens) Wealthier individuals will have a significant advantage over others., Wealthier individuals will have a significant advantage over others. supports Biotechnical powers used to produce contentment in accordance with democratic tastes threaten the character of human striving and diminish the possibility of human excellence., If fear and anxiety toward death causes people to focus on staying alive and without physical decline people will have fear and anxiety toward death, then a life witout physical decline is a life focused on staying alive. therefore (ArgScheme: modus ponens) A life without the decline is a life focused on staying alive, Without the acceptance of death people will have more fear and feel more anxiety toward the thought of death. therefore (ArgScheme: modus ponens) Without physical decline people will have more fear and feel more anxiety toward the thought of death, Stimulants can be used to improve attention span and learning capability. example Those who can take advantage of personal enhancers will have a significant advantage over those who cannot., If a decline in physical health is what allows for the acceptance of death, then a life without decline does not allow for the acceptance of death. therefore (ArgScheme: modus ponens) A life without decline does not allow for the acceptance of death., The older generations will have less incentive to retire. therefore (ArgScheme: modus ponens) There will be fewer opporunities for the young to contribute to society., There will be fewer opporunities for the young to contribute to society. therefore (ArgScheme: modus ponens) The development of the young will be slowed., The two lifestyles mentioned are not mutually exclusive. objects (ConfScheme) A flourishing human life is either a life filled first of all with intimate human relations or a life lived with an ageless body or an untroubled soul., Mind-altering drugs affecting memory can affect it in both its truthfulness and feeling. therefore (ArgScheme: modus ponens) Mind-altering drugs affecting memory provide an easy path to an untroubled soul, but also deprive oneself of one's own life and identity., A decline in physical health is what allows for the acceptance of death. (Montaigne Quote) therefore (ArgScheme: modus ponens) A life without decline does not allow for the acceptance of death., It is possible that the older generations do not choose to retire simply because their perfmormance has diminished. objects (ConfScheme) If biotechnology could provide a mechanism through which the old continue to perform tasks with the vigor of the young, then the older generations will have less incentive to retire., Steroids can be used to improve strength. example Those who can take advantage of personal enhancers will have a significant advantage over those who cannot.