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Love is the Drug: The Chemical Future of Our Relationships - Hardcover

Earp, Brian D.; Savulescu, Professor Julian

 
9781526145413: Love is the Drug: The Chemical Future of Our Relationships
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1526145413 ISBN 13: 9781526145413
Verlag: Manchester University Press, 2020

Inhaltsangabe

What if there were a pill for love? Or an anti-love drug, designed to help us break up?

This controversial and timely new book argues that recent medical advances have brought chemical control of our romantic lives well within our grasp. Substances affecting love and relationships, whether prescribed by doctors or even illicitly administered, are not some far-off speculation – indeed our most intimate connections are already being influenced by pills we take for other purposes, such as antidepressants.

Treatments involving certain psychoactive substances, including MDMA―the active ingredient in Ecstasy―might soon exist to encourage feelings of love and help ordinary couples work through relationship difficulties. Others may ease a breakup or soothe feelings of rejection. Such substances could have transformative implications for how we think about and experience love.

This brilliant intervention into the debate builds a case for conducting further research into "love drugs" and "anti-love drugs" and explores their ethical implications for individuals and society. Rich in anecdotal evidence and case-studies, the book offers a highly readable insight into a cutting-edge field of medical research that could have profound effects on us all.

Will relationships be the same in the future? Will we still marry? It may be up to you to decide whether you want a chemical romance.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Brian D. Earp is Associate Director of the Yale-Hastings Program in Ethics and Health Policy at Yale University and the Hastings Center and a Research Fellow at the Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics at the University of Oxford

Julian Savulescu holds the Uehiro Chair in Practical Ethics and is Director of the Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics at the University of Oxford

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Verlag
Manchester University Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2020
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1526145413
ISBN 13 
9781526145413
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
280
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