Scientific and Philosophical Perspectives in Neuroethics

by Edited by James J. Giordano , Bert Gordijn

• ISBN13: 9780521703031
• ISBN10: 0521703034
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-03-31
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

While neuroscience has provided insights into the structure and function of nervous systems, hard questions remain about the nature of consciousness, mind, and self. Perhaps the most difficult questions involve the meaning of neuroscientific information, and how to pursue and utilize neuroscientific knowledge in ways that are consistent with some construal of social 'good'. Written for researchers and graduate students in neuroscience and bioethics, Scientific and Philosophical Perspectives in Neuroethics explores important developments in neuroscience and neurotechnology, and addresses the philosophical, ethical, and social issues and problems that such advancements generate. It examines three core questions. First, what is the scope and direction of neuroscientific inquiry? Second, how has progress to date affected scientific and philosophical ideas, and finally, what ethical issues and problems does this progress and knowledge incur, both now and in the future?

Table of Contents

Foreword

Introduction

Developments in neuroscience: where have we been, where are we going?

Origins of the modern concept of neuroscience:

On the cusp: the hard problem of neuroscience and its practical implications

The mind-body issue

Personal identity and the nature of the self

Religious issues and the question of moral autonomy

Toward a cognitive neurobiology of the moral virtues

From a neurophilosophy of pain, to a neuroethics of pain care

Transplantation and xenotransplantation: ethics of cell therapy in the brain revisited

Neurogenetics and ethics: how scientific frameworks can better inform ethics

Neuroimaging: thinking in pictures

Can we read minds? Ethical challenges and responsibilities in the use of neuroimaging research

Possibilities, limits, and implications of brain-computer interfacing technologies

Neural engineering: the ethical challenges ahead

Neurotechnology as a public good: probity, policy, and how to get there from here

Globalization - pluralist concerns and contexts: shaping international policy in neuroethics

The human condition and strivings to flourish: treatments, enhancements, science and society

The limits of neurotalk

Afterword

Index

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