Forget Me Not: The Neuroethical Case Against Memory Manipulation 2018

The first philosophical monograph on the ethics of memory manipulation (MM) postulates that any attempt to directly and deliberately erase episodic memories poses a serious threat to the human condition that cannot be justified. Basing his thesis on four evidential effects - namely: (i) MM disintegrates autobiographical memory, (ii) disintegration of autobiographical memory degenerates emotional rationality, (iii) degeneration of emotional rationality promotes narrative identity atrophy, and (iv) narrative identity atrophy prevents the search for and identification of the good This book, a landmark achievement in neuroethics, is a welcome addition to the scientific and professional community engaged in philosophical and clinical bioethics.