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New Evidence on Dementia, Identity, and Decision-Making

July 18, 2022July 15, 2022 James Toomey Leave a comment

By James Toomey

In my paper Narrative Capacity (recently published in the North Carolina Law Review), I argue, among other things, that the legal system’s recognition of personal decision-making should be a function of personal identity, not (as it currently is) of an individual’s momentary cognitive functioning.

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