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It is not the case that Therefore, producing better-than-normal damage resistance cannot be classified as treatment even when targeting a predictable pathological risk.
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Predictable pathological risk means the condition is medically relevant; preventing foreseeable harm is quintessentially treatment.
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Labeling something 'enhancement' because it exceeds normal function ignores that preventing disease IS the medical goal.
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The distinction collapses when interventions address vulnerability to pathology—motivation and outcome matter more than degree.
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Treatment addresses deficits below species-typical functioning; enhancement creates capabilities above the normal range.
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Preventive interventions targeting future disease risks differ categorically from corrective ones addressing present pathology.
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The treatment/enhancement distinction requires comparing outcomes to normal baselines, not to absent disease states.
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