Narrative Identity and Free Will: Research on the Neuroscience Ethical Issues of Moral Enhancement

doi:10.15936/j.cnki.1008-3758.2023.05.002

Abstract

Abstract: Moral enhancement technology of advanced neuroscience can directly improve the moral level of human beings， but it also causes people's thinking on ethical issues such as moral will， autonomy and identity. Facing the issue of whether moral enhancement technology interferes with free will， there is a debate between transhumanism and bioconservatism. The key to solving the problem is to clarify whether man maintains the continuity of identity and self before and after moral enhancement; that is， to demonstrate whether moral enhancement will affect people's free will. The interpretation and analysis of narrative identity theory shows that appropriate informed consent procedures can enable moral subjects to actively integrate into the passive changes in narrative identity， thus safeguarding people's free will.

Key words: moral enhancement; neuroscience; narrative identity; free will

CLC Number:

N031

TANG Guoyao， ZHOU Wenjie. Narrative Identity and Free Will: Research on the Neuroscience Ethical Issues of Moral Enhancement[J]. Journal of Northeastern University(Social Science), 2023, 25(5): 8-13.

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