Neuroethics : defining the issues in theory, practice, and policy / edited by Judy Illes ; foreword by Arthur L. Caplan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Illes, Judy, editor.

Caplan, Arthur L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Brain--Research--Moral and ethical aspects.

Brain.

Neurosciences--Research--Moral and ethical aspects.

Neurosciences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (354 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Recent advances in the brain sciences have dramatically improved our understanding of brain function. As we find out more and more about what makes us tick, we must stop and consider the ethical implications of this new found knowledge. This ground-breaking book on the emerging field of neuroethics answers many pertinent questions, such as: What ma.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Part I: Neuroscience, ethics, agency, and the self

1 Moral decision-making and the brain

2 A case study in neuroethics: the nature of moral judgment

3 Moral and legal responsibility and the new neuroscience

4 Brains, lies, and psychological explanations

5 Being in the world: neuroscience and the ethical agent

6 Creativity, gratitude, and the enhancement debate

7 Ethical dilemmas in neurodegenerative disease: respecting patients at the twilight of agency

Part II: Neuroethics in practice

8 From genome to brainome: charting the lessons learned

9 Protecting human subjects in brain research: a pragmatic perspective

10 Facts, fictions, and the future of neuroethics

11 A picture is worth 1000 words, but which 1000?

12 When genes and brains unite: ethical implications of genomic neuroimaging

13 Engineering the brain

14 Transcranial magnetic stimulation and the human brain: an ethical evaluation

15 Functional neurosurgical intervention: neuroethics in the operating room

16 Clinicians, patients, and the brain

Part III: Justice, social institutions, and neuroethics

17 The social effects of advances in neuroscience: legal problems, legal perspectives

18 Neuroethics in education

19 Poverty, privilege, and brain development: empirical findings and ethical implications

20 Religious responses to neuroscientific questions

21 The mind in the movies: a neuroethical analysis of the portrayal of the mind in popular media

Afterword: Neuroethics: mapping a new interdiscipline

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

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ISBN:

0-19-164505-2

1-4237-4330-X

OCLC:

922972846