TY  - BOOK
AU  - Viganò,Eleonora
TI  - Moral Choices for Our Future Selves: An Empirical Theory of Prudential Perception and a Moral Theory of Prudence
SN  - 9780367634933
PY  - 2023///
PB  - Taylor & Francis
KW  - Cognition and cognitive psychology
KW  - bicssc
KW  - Ethics and moral philosophy
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - A; An; and; Eleonora; Empirical; for; Future; Moral; of; Our; Perception; Prudence; Prudential; Selves; Theory; Vigano
N1  - Free-to-read
N2  - This book investigates the relationship between our present and future selves. It focuses specifically on diachronic self-regarding decisions: choices involving our earlier and later selves, in which the earlier self makes a decision for the later self. The author connects the scientific understanding of the neurobehavioral processes at the core of individuals' perceptions of their future selves with the philosophical reflection on individuals' moral relationship with their future selves. She delineates a descriptive theory of the perception of the future self that is based on empirical evidence and that systematizes and integrates the current theoretical literature. She then argues for the morality of prudence and interprets diachronic self-regarding decisions as decisions between two agents- the earlier and later selves-that belong to the realm of intergenerational ethics, which regulates the relationship between contemporary people and future generations. Finally, the author provides a moral theory of prudence based on respect for one's agency. This theory identifies what the present and the future selves owe to one another in diachronic self-regarding decisions. Moral Choices for Our Future Selves will be of interest to scholars and students working in ethics, moral psychology, philosophy of mind, and cognitive science
UR  - https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/57568
ER  -