1st Edition
Moral Choices for Our Future Selves An Empirical Theory of Prudential Perception and a Moral Theory of Prudence
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
Biography
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.
"In this innovative and wide-reaching work, Eleonora Viganò presents a new theory of how people think about and interact with their future selves. Far from a simple matter of self-control, Viganò shows us how our intertemporal trade-offs have a potent moral dimension. This book inspires a new view of selfhood and has considerable implications for the way we act in the present with our future in mind." – Adam Bulley, Harvard University and the University of Sydney
