Authenticity and Enhancement
| dc.contributor.advisor | Sreenivasan, Gopal | |
| dc.contributor.author | Bunch, Lauren M | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-06-07T19:49:40Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-06-07T19:49:40Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019 | |
| dc.department | Philosophy | |
| dc.description.abstract | Recent accounts of authenticity have defined the concept in terms of self-creation, self-discovery, or some combination of the two. While these accounts get something right about the concept, I argue that they fail to capture all the elements of authenticity that an adequate account ought to capture. In this dissertation, I develop and defend a novel account of authenticity that preserves some features of previous accounts while also introducing new ones. My account is two-pronged (recognizing what I term the ‘target’ and ‘response’ dimensions of authenticity), and through it I come to the conclusion that authenticity is best characterized as the practice of living in accordance with one’s values. After outlining and defending this account, I consider how it might impact or inform current debates regarding how the use of psychoactive drugs for so-called ‘enhancement’ purposes affect users’ authentic selves. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | ||
| dc.subject | Medical ethics | |
| dc.subject | Ethics | |
| dc.subject | Authenticity | |
| dc.subject | enhancement | |
| dc.subject | ethics of authenticity | |
| dc.title | Authenticity and Enhancement | |
| dc.type | Dissertation |
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