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The Subjective Brain, Identity, and Neuroethics 

Author: Grant R. Gillett a
Affiliation:   a University of Otago,
DOI: 10.1080/15265160903090058
Publication Frequency: 12 issues per year
Published in: journal The American Journal of Bioethics, Volume 9, Issue 9 September 2009 , pages 5 - 13
First Published on: 01 September 2009
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Abstract

The human brain is subjective and reflects the life of a being-in-the-world-with-others whose identity reflects that complex engaged reality. Human subjectivity is shaped and in-formed (formed by inner processes) that are adapted to the human life-world and embody meaning and the relatedness of a human being. Questions of identity relate to this complex and dynamic reality to reflect the fact that biology, human ecology, culture, and one's historic-political situation are inscribed in one's neural network and have configured its architecture so that it is a unique and irreplaceable phenomenon. So much is a human individual a relational being whose own understanding and ownership of his or her life is both situated and distinctive that neurophilosophical conceptions of identity and human activity that neglect these features of our being are quite inadequate to ground a robust neuroethics.
Keywords: subjectivity; identity; the brain; relational being
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