Who Defines Us? Memory, Perception, and Moral Judgment
Mangoes — the sour-sweet ones — are her favorite. Mine is guava. I am eating one while writing this. We had a lovely conversation tonight. She has gone to sleep, and I am here, trying to make that conversation last a little longer through my thoughts. I once read a story about a woman who lost her memory and found herself in a completely unfamiliar world. A man stood before her, claiming to be her husband. But she had no memory of him — or of herself. Her mind was filled with questions about her identity, yet no one seemed to give her real answers. Instead, she found judgments. People said she had cheated on her husband. Some called her unreasonable, haughty, even obnoxious. They looked at her with hatred, as if she were already guilty of something she couldn’t even remember. A woman claiming to be her best friend came with a cruel plan — to torment her husband through her. Overwhelmed by this new and hostile reality, she began to feel disgusted with herself. She could not accept ...