Peter A. DePergola II
Director of Clinical Ethics, Baystate Health;
Research Scientist in Neuroethics, American Academy of Neurology
USA
Biography
Director of Clinical Ethics, Baystate Health; Assistant Professor of Medical Humanities, College of Our Lady of the Elms; Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Massachusetts School of Medicine; Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine Lecturer in Philosophy, Theology, and Religious Studies, Sacred Heart University; Research Scientist in Neuroethics, American Academy of Neurology; Member, Council of Neuroethics Program Leaders; Early Career Scholar, International Neuroethics Society;
Research Interest
Areas of Expertise: Neuroethics; Clinical bioethics; Philosophical bioethics; Theological bioethics; Moral axiology; Moral psychology; Moral epistemology; Metaethics; Research Focus: Dr. DePergola's current research explores the neurophilosophical and neurotheological relationships shared between autobiographical memory, emotional rationality, and narrative identity in light of contemporary capacities in cognitive manipulation, particularly as it relates to ethical decision making and the metaphysics of hope.