Forget Me Not: The Neuroethical Case Against Memory Manipulation (Cognitive Science and Psychology) - Softcover

Ahmadi, Newsha; Roudsaz, Mona; Mohammadi, Negin Doost; Blažić, Milena Mileva; Kovač, Smiljana Narančić; Pavličević-Franić, Dunja; Švarc, Ksenija; Trtanj, Ivana; Vignjević, Jelena; Lukačić, Tihana

Softcover

ISBN 10: 162273694X ISBN 13: 9781622736942

Publisher: Vernon Press, 2019

Synopsis

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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About the Author

Željka Flegar, PhD, Associate Professor at the University of Osijek, Faculty of Education, teaches and conducts research on children's literature, media and drama in English. Her research deals with the intricacies and deviations of English language and literary discourse, most recently in the context of the historical development of children's culture, adaptation, as well as in relation to her theory of "childlike language" of children's literature. She has published papers in Croatia and abroad and is the author of the interdisciplinary book Theatrical Improvisation, Language and Communication (2016). Ivana Moritz, PhD, Senior Assistant at the University of Osijek, Faculty of Education, teaches courses on English language and grammar. Her fields of academic interest include the interdisciplinarity of figurative language and cognitive science, particularly the cognitive grounding of euphemisms and the conceptual integration in language and mind. She has published a number of academic papers and attended academic events in Croatia and abroad.

Edition details

• Publisher: Vernon Press
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 162273694X
• ISBN 13: 9781622736942
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 312
• Editor: Flegar Željka, Moritz Ivana