Neuroethics / Neil Levy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Levy, Neil, 1967- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Neurosciences--Moral and ethical aspects.

Neurosciences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 346 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Neuroscience has dramatically increased understanding of how mental states and processes are realized by the brain, thus opening doors for treating the multitude of ways in which minds become dysfunctional. This book explores questions such as when is it permissible to alter a person's memories, influence personality traits or read minds? What can neuroscience tell us about free will, self-control, self-deception and the foundations of morality? The view of neuroethics offered here argues that many of our new powers to read ,alter and control minds are not entirely unparalleled with older ones. They have, however, expanded to include almost all our social, political and ethical decisions. Written primarily for graduate students, this book will appeal to anyone with an interest in the more philosophical and ethical aspects of the neurosciences.

Contents:

Introduction

Changing our minds

The presumption against direct manipulation

Reading minds/controlling minds

The neuroethics of memory

The "self" of self-control

The neuroscience of free will

Self-deception: the normal and the pathological

The neuroscience of ethics.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-17329-9

0-511-81189-6

1-281-08530-8

9786611085308

0-511-34219-5

0-511-34166-0

0-511-34108-3

0-511-55661-6

0-511-34272-1

OCLC:

667096326