Brain, body, and mind : neuroethics with a human face / by Walter Glannon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Glannon, Walter.

Contributor:

Samuel Bellet Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Neurosciences--Moral and ethical aspects.

Neurosciences.

Bioethics.

Medical ethics.

Physical Description:

viii, 257 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, [2011]

Summary:

This book is a discussion of the most timely and contentious issues in the two branches of neuroethics: the neuroscience of ethics; and the ethics of neuroscience. Drawing upon recent work in psychiatry, neurology, and neurosurgery, it develops a phenomenologically inspired theory ofneuroscience to explain the brain-mind relation. The idea that the mind is shaped not just by the brain but also by the body and how the human subject interacts with the environment has significant implications for free will, moral responsibility, and moral justification of actions. It also provides a better understanding of how differentinterventions in the brain can benefit or harm us. In addition, the book discusses brain imaging techniques to diagnose altered states of consciousness, deep-brain stimulation to treat neuropsychiatric disorders, and restorative neurosurgery for neurodegenerative diseases. It examines the medicaland ethical trade-offs of these interventions in the brain when they produce both positive and negative physical and psychological effects, and how these trade-offs shape decisions by physicians and patients about whether to provide and undergo them.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Our Brains Are not Us 11

Chapter 2 Neuroscience, Free Will, and Moral Responsibility 41

Chapter 3 What Neuroscience Can (and Cannot) Tell Us about Criminal Responsibility 72

Chapter 4 Neuroscience and Moral Reasoning 93

Chapter 5 Cognitive Enhancement 115

Chapter 6 Brain Injury and Survival 146

Chapter 7 Stimulating Brains, Altering Minds 174

Chapter 8 Regenerating the Brain 202.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 226-242) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Samuel Bellet Book Fund.

ISBN:

9780199734092

0199734097

OCLC:

648480796