The ethics of the extended mind: mental privacy, manipulation and agency
The ethics of the extended mind: mental privacy, manipulation and agency
According to proponents of the extended mind, bio-external resources, such as a notebook or a smartphone, are candidate parts of the cognitive and mental machinery that realises cognitive states and processes. The present chapter discusses three areas of ethical concern associated with the extended mind, namely mental privacy, mental manipulation, and agency. We also examine the ethics of the extended mind from the standpoint of three general normative frameworks, namely, consequentialism, deontology, and virtue ethics.
Ethics, Extended Mind, Extended Cognition, Mental Privacy, Mental Agency, Responsibility
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J.B. Metzler Berlin, Heidelberg
Clowes, Robert W.
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Smart, Paul
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Heersmink, Richard
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7 June 2024
Clowes, Robert W.
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Smart, Paul
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Heersmink, Richard
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Clowes, Robert W., Smart, Paul and Heersmink, Richard
(2024)
The ethics of the extended mind: mental privacy, manipulation and agency.
In,
Heinrichs, Jan-Hendrik, Beck, Birgit and Friedrich, Orsolya
(eds.)
Neuro-ProsthEthics: Ethical Implications of Applied Situated Cognition.
(Techno:Phil – Aktuelle Herausforderungen der Technikphilosophie, 9)
Berlin, Germany.
J.B. Metzler Berlin, Heidelberg, .
(doi:10.1007/978-3-662-68362-0_2).
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According to proponents of the extended mind, bio-external resources, such as a notebook or a smartphone, are candidate parts of the cognitive and mental machinery that realises cognitive states and processes. The present chapter discusses three areas of ethical concern associated with the extended mind, namely mental privacy, mental manipulation, and agency. We also examine the ethics of the extended mind from the standpoint of three general normative frameworks, namely, consequentialism, deontology, and virtue ethics.
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In preparation date: 16 August 2022
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Published date: 7 June 2024
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Ethics, Extended Mind, Extended Cognition, Mental Privacy, Mental Agency, Responsibility
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Robert W. Clowes
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Paul Smart
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Richard Heersmink
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Jan-Hendrik Heinrichs
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Birgit Beck
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Orsolya Friedrich
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