The Methods of Neuroethics / Luca Malatesti and John McMillan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Malatesti, Luca, author.

McMillan, John, author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in bioethics and neuroethics

Elements in Bioethics and Neuroethics Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Neurosciences--Moral and ethical aspects.

Neurosciences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (69 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, England : Cambridge University Press, [2024]

Summary:

This Element offers a framework for exploring the methodological challenges of neuroethics. The aim is to provide a roadmap for the methodological assumptions, and related pitfalls, involved in the interdisciplinary investigation of the ethical and legal implications of neuroscientific research and technology. It illustrates these points via the debate about the ethical and legal responsibility of psychopaths. Argument and the conceptual analysis of normative concepts such as 'personhood' or 'human agency' is central to neuroethics. This Element discusses different approaches to establishing norms and principles that regulate the practices addressed by neuroethics and that involve the use of such concepts. How to characterize the psychological features central to neuroethics, such as autonomy, consent, moral understanding, moral motivation, and control is a methodological challenge. In addition, there are epistemic challenges when determining the validity of neuroscientific evidence

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 16 Jan 2024).

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781009084406

1009084402

9781009084604

1009084607

9781009076173

1009076175