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Preface -- Contents -- Recent Trends in Social Decisions and Their Driving Forces -- 1 Religious Beliefs and Superstitions in Contemporary Romania. A Socio-Anthropological Perspective -- Abstract -- 1 The Methodology of the Sociological Research of Beliefs and Superstitions -- 2 What Is There Left for the Romanians to Believe in Nowadays? -- 3 Conclusions -- References -- 2 Understanding Institutional Trust. What Does It Mean to Trust the Health System? -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Why Is It Necessary to Study Trust?

The use of substances that improve cognitive abilities is now more and more common in many countries. These treatments are not aimed at curing pathologies, but rather at enhancing normal human capabilities, i.e., people are using pharmaceutical products to alter their biological makeup. The following article investigates this phenomenon and questions the role of the State in relation to this practice. The article concludes with an explanation of why the State, unlike what some bioethicists have proposed, should not support the use of cognitive enhancers.

The use of substances that improve cognitive abilities is now more and more common in many countries. These treatments are not aimed at curing pathologies, but rather at enhancing normal human capabilities, i.e. people are using pharmaceutical products to alter their biological makeup. The following article investigates this phenomenon and questions the role of the State in relation to this practice. The article concludes with an explanation of why the State, unlike what some bioethicists have proposed, should not support the use of cognitive enhancers.