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#TIPsyThursday: Morality Pill as Treatment?

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We are launching our podcast mini-series #TIPsyThursday* to discuss the 'Morality Pill'.  Host Katherine, together with co-hosts Mariel and Susan have an open discussion about what is a 'Morality Pill', what "issues" can be associated with this pill, who should consider taking it, should it be given as 'treatment', and much more questions raised. Key takeaways: 1. Morality is not located in ONE brain region and hence is not an ON or OFF switch. 2. Morality has deep roots in culture and hence will not be viewed similarly across countries. 3. Consuming a Morality Pill will highly depend on the case study at hand. 4. Morality Pill may be science-fiction but there are several similar 'cognitive enhancers' on the market, so we should be having this conversation ?NOW! *#TIPsyThursday is an informal mini-series by Neuroethics Today where host Katherine Bassil and co-hosts Mariel Kalkach and Susan Kravitz have an open conversation about all things neuroethics including technologies that exist, do not exist, and