Neuroethics

Defining the issues in theory, practice, and policy

Buch | Hardcover

352 Seiten

2005
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-856720-2 (ISBN)

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Tells us about the field of nueroethics. This book talks about what makes monitoring and manipulating the human brain so ethically challenging; and will having a new biology of the brain through imaging make us less responsible for our behavior and lose our free will? Written by distinguished authors, it is an an introduction to neuroethics.

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. Will having a new biology of the brain through imaging make us less responsible for our behavior and lose our free will? Should certain brain scan studies be disallowed on the basis of moral grounds? Why is the media so interested in reporting results of brain imaging studies? What ethical lessons from the past can best inform the future of brain imaging?

These compelling questions and many more are tackled by a distinguished group of contributors to this volume on neuroethics. The wide range of disciplinary backgrounds that the authors represent, from neuroscience, bioethics and philosophy, to law, social and health care policy, education, religion and film, allow for profoundly insightful and provocative answers to these questions, and open up the door to a host of new ones. The contributions highlight the timeliness of modern neuroethics today, and assure the longevity and importance of neuroethics for generations to come.

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 ; 6. Creativity, gratitude and the enhancement debate: on the fertile tension between two ethical frameworks ; 7. Ethical dilemmas in neurodegenerative disease: respecting the margins of agency ; PART II - NEUROETHICS IN PRACTICE ; 8. From genome to brainome: charting 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 mind ; 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. Poverty, privilege and the developing brain: empirical findings and ethical implications ; 19. Neuroethcis in education ; 20. Religious responses to neuroscientific questions ; 21. The mind in the movies: a neuroethical analysis of the portrayal of the mind in popular media

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.11.2005
Zusatzinfo	numerous line drawings, halftones, tables and 4 pp
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	174 x 247 mm
Gewicht	732 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Medizinethik
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Neurologie
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
ISBN-10	0-19-856720-0 / 0198567200
ISBN-13	978-0-19-856720-2 / 9780198567202
Zustand	Neuware