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Forget Me Not - The Neuroethical Case Against Memory Manipulation

English · Paperback / Softback

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The first philosophical monograph on the ethics of memory manipulation (MM), Forget Me Not: The Neuroethical Case Against Memory Manipulation contends that any attempt to directly and intentionally erase episodic memories poses a grave threat to the human condition that cannot be justified within a normative moral calculus. Grounding its thesis in four evidential effects - namely, (i) MM disintegrates autobiographical memory, (ii) the disintegration of autobiographical memory degenerates emotional rationality, (iii) the degeneration of emotional rationality decays narrative identity, and (iv) the decay of narrative identity disables one to seek, identify, and

act on the good - DePergola argues that MM cannot be justified as a morally licit practice insofar as it disables one to seek, identify, and act on the good. A landmark achievement in the field of neuroethics, this book is a welcome addition to both the scholarly and professional community in philosophical and clinical bioethics.

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Peter A. DePergola II, Ph.D., M.T.S., is Assistant Professor of Medicine at University of Massachusetts Medical School, Assistant Professor of Medical Humanities at the College of Our Lady of the Elms, and Director of Clinical Ethics at Baystate Health. An acclaimed author, educator, and speaker, he holds secondary appointments at Tufts University School of Medicine, Sacred Heart University, and the American Academy of Neurology. Dr. DePergola's many publications span the fields of philosophy, theology, medicine, bioethics, and medical humanities.

Product details

Authors Peter A. DePergola II
Publisher Vernon Press
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 05.04.2019
 
EAN 9781622736942
ISBN 978-1-62273-694-2
No. of pages 314
Dimensions 152 mm x 229 mm x 18 mm
Weight 457 g
Series Cognitive Science and Psychology
Subject Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology

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