@article{ref1,
title="If I could just stop loving you: Anti-love biotechnology and the ethics of a chemical breakup",
journal="American journal of bioethics",
year="2013",
author="Wudarczyk, Olga A. and Earp, Brian D. and Savulescu, Julian and Sandberg, Anders",
volume="13",
number="11",
pages="3-17",
abstract="&quot;Love hurts&quot;-as the saying goes-and a certain amount of pain and difficulty in intimate relationships is unavoidable. Sometimes it may even be beneficial, since adversity can lead to personal growth, self-discovery, and a range of other components of a life well-lived. But other times, love can be downright dangerous. It may bind a spouse to her domestic abuser, draw an unscrupulous adult toward sexual involvement with a child, put someone under the insidious spell of a cult leader, and even inspire jealousy-fueled homicide. How might these perilous devotions be diminished? The ancients thought that treatments such as phlebotomy, exercise, or bloodletting could &quot;cure&quot; an individual of love. But modern neuroscience and emerging developments in psychopharmacology open up a range of possible interventions that might actually work. These developments raise profound moral questions about the potential uses-and misuses-of such anti-love biotechnology. In this article, we describe a number of prospective love-diminishing interventions, and offer a preliminary ethical framework for dealing with them responsibly should they arise.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1526-5161",
doi="10.1080/15265161.2013.839752",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2013.839752"
}