Eleonora Vigano

Moral Choices for Our Future Selves

An Empirical Theory of Prudential Perception and a Moral Theory of Prudence

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book investigates the relationship between our present and future selves. It focuses specifically on diachronic self-regarding decisions: choices involving our earlier and later selves, in which the earlier self makes a decision for the later self.

Produktdetails

• Routledge Focus on Philosophy
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 120
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Juni 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 142mm x 223mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 298g
• ISBN-13: 9780367634933
• ISBN-10: 0367634937
• Artikelnr.: 64036418

Autorenporträt

Eleonora Viganò is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Institute of Biomedical Ethics and History of Medicine at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. Her work focuses on self-regarding morality, the neuroscience of ethics, and digital ethics.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter 1. How do we perceive our future selves? The neurobehavioral basis
of one's perception of the future self
Chapter 2. What is the nature of the relationship in which we stand with
our future selves? Practical and moral issues of one's perception of the
future self
Chapter 3. How should we treat our future selves? The moral requirements of
prudence to one's present and future selves
Chapter 4. How does the Moral Theory of Prudence work in practice? The
application of the theory to advance healthcare directives in dementia
Conclusion