Leuenberger Muriel
Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford, Suite 8 Littlegate House, 16/17 St Ebbe's Street, Oxford, OX1 1PT UK.
Neuroethics. 2022;15(1):10. doi: 10.1007/s12152-022-09489-9. Epub 2022 Feb 16.
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 conclude that an analysis of MMTs based on a dual-basis, process view of authenticity is warranted, which implies that the influence of MMTs on authenticity crucially depends on the specifics of how memory modification would eventually work. Therefore, I continue with a systematic analysis of possible properties of MMTs in which I distinguish between the dimensions of memories and the kinds of experiences that can be modified as well as the properties of the process of memory modification. The impact of MMTs on authenticity is analyzed regarding the possible properties of MMTs and based on a narrative approach to authenticity which fulfills the requirements of a dual-basis, process view of authenticity. Lastly, I explore the potential of MMTs to shift the balance between self-discovery and self-creation within authenticity and thereby alter the concept itself as well as the value of authenticity.
记忆修改技术（MMTs）的潜力引发了人们的关注，并在神经伦理学领域引发了一场辩论，尤其是在身份和真实性的背景下。本文探讨了MMTs是否以及如何影响真实性的问题。我通过在关于真实性的既有观点中进行两种区分来展开论述。由此，我得出结论，有必要基于真实性的双重基础、过程视角对MMTs进行分析，这意味着MMTs对真实性的影响关键取决于记忆修改最终如何起作用的具体细节。因此，我接着对MMTs可能具有的属性进行系统分析，在分析中我区分了记忆的维度、可被修改的体验类型以及记忆修改过程的属性。基于MMTs的可能属性，并依据一种满足双重基础、过程视角真实性要求的真实性叙事方法，分析了MMTs对真实性的影响。最后，我探讨了MMTs在真实性范围内改变自我发现与自我创造之间平衡的潜力，从而改变真实性这一概念本身及其价值。
