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1. Personhood Beyond the West.

Author

Jecker, Nancy S. and Atuire, Caesar A.

Subjects
*FEMINISM, *INDIVIDUALITY, *ARTIFICIAL intelligence, *SOCIAL context, *AUTONOMY (Psychology), *PEOPLE with disabilities, *BIOETHICS, *CONSCIOUSNESS
Abstract

The article presents the discussion on practical fields like bioethics. Topics include addressing cutting-edge challenges like human-brain organoids, artificial intelligence (AI), and interspecies chimeras; and concern arises specifically when individuals lack intellectual capacities that Western views deem necessary for personhood, such as sentience, consciousness, autonomy, and rationality.

Published
2024
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2. Toward A New Model of Autonomy: Lessons From Neuroscience.

Author

Jecker, Nancy S.

Subjects
*DECISION making, *AUTONOMY (Psychology), *NEUROSCIENCES, *AFFECTIVE neuroscience, *EMOTIONAL state, *FREE will & determinism, *UNDUE influence
Abstract

The author comments on the study "How the Neuroscience of Decision Making Informs Our Conception of Autonomy," by Gidon Felsen and Peter Reiner. The author presents his view on the standard model of Felsen and Reiner that autonomous decision is rational and not affected by undue influence. The conclusion is that the brain performs many functions such as analyzing external influence, emotions and interactions with others in decision making.

Published
2011
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