Muriel Leuenberger

University of Oxford | OX · Faculty of Philosophy

The potential of memory modification techniques (MMTs) has raised concerns and sparked a debate in neuroethics, particularly in the context of identity and authenticity. This paper addresses the question whether and how MMTs influence authenticity. I proceed by drawing two distinctions within the received views on authenticity. From this, I conclud...

The profound changes in personality, mood, and other features of the self that neural interventions can induce can be disconcerting to patients, their families, and caregivers. In the neuroethical debate, these concerns are often addressed in the context of possible threats to the narrative self. In this paper, I argue that it is necessary to consi...

Full paper available via Cambridge core: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/philosophy/article/what-is-the-point-of-being-your-true-self-a-genealogy-of-essentialist-authenticity/010F0323CCB067CBF95D8CAB295E5FC2 This paper presents a functional genealogy of essentialist authenticity. The essential-ist account maintains that authenticity is th...

In this Open Peer Commentary I introduce a novel distinction within the spectrum of received views on authenticity and argue that what I will call a process view of authenticity is more plausible than a conservation view.

This paper ties in with the ongoing debate on authenticity and the influence of Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) on authenticity, in particular with the exchange between Pugh et al. and Nyholm and O'Neill. Both argue against a narrative approach to authenticity, which will be defended in this paper. First, it is shown that the critique they offer does...