Love Potions - The Philosopher's Zone - ABC Radio National (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Love Potions
Sunday 12 May 2013 5:30PM
IMAGE: ANTI-LOVE BIOTECHNOLOGY IS UPON US: WHAT ARE THE ETHICS OF THE CHEMICAL BUST UP? (FOTOGRAFIABASICA/GETTY)
Oxford ethicist Brian Earp sees a not-too-distant future where love potions are the norm: a pill to stay in love, and one to move on.
Along with colleagues Anders Sandberg and Julian Savulescu, his latest thinking concerns the ethics of the chemical break up, a far step from the methods of Ovid.
How might we get ahead of the ethical curve, to make sure the right decisions are made in a daring, new amorous world?
