If you are talking about 'uplift' to human-like ability levels, this seems like a more remote prospect than feats like altering humans to produce superhuman intelligence.
Really, why? It's easy to imagine breeding or genetically engineering animals to increase their intelligence, something we can't easily do with humans.
Does anyone have recommendations of good things to read on the ethics of animal cognitive enhancement? By this I mean applying various methods of human cognitive enhancement (pharmacological, technological, etc) to animals such as the Great Apes. I've also heard this referred to as 'up-lifting' an animal.
I'm looking for articles, books, lectures - anything really. Obviously one can just google this but I find getting recommendations from others a better bet. I think this may be a useful resource for other people interested in the same topic. Interesting issues might include:
- Possible obligations to enhance
- Possible negative consequences
- Possible side-effects (such as radically different perspective)