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Nootropics in Postmodernity:
What the Philosophy of Gilles Deleuze Can Tell Us About the Relationship Between Smart Drugs, Authenticity, Control and Fairness
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Pharmaceutical products aimed at enhancing cognitive performance – smart drugs, nootropics, etc – have garnered considerable attention. Many ethical questions accompany their growth in popularity. Three of these questions will be addressed in this paper: Do nootropics preclude authenticity? Are nootropics a good thing for society? And, is it fair to use nootropics? We argue that these questions can be answered by appealing to Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari’s concepts of