Brain, Body, and Mind Neuroethics with a Human Face

by Glannon, Walter

• ISBN13: 9780199734092
• ISBN10: 0199734097
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-04-29
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This book is a discussion of the most timely and contentious issues in the two branches of neuroethics: the neuroscience of ethics; and the ethics of neuroscience. Drawing upon recent work in psychiatry, neurology, and neurosurgery, it develops a phenomenologically inspired theory of neuroscience to explain the brain-mind relation. The idea that the mind is shaped not just by the brain but also by the body and how the human subject interacts with the environment has significant implications for free will, moral responsibility, and more justification of actions. It also provides a better understanding of how different interventions in the brain can benefit or harm us. In addition, the book discusses brain imaging techniques to diagnose altered states of consciousness, deep-brain stimulation to treat neuropsychiatric disorders, and restorative neurosurgery for neurodegenerative diseases. It examines the medical and ethical trade-offs of these interventions in the brain when they produce both positive and negative physical and psychological effects, and how these trade-offs shape decisions by physicians and patients about whether to provide and undergo them.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. VII
Introduction	p. 3
Our Brains Are not Us	p. 11
Neuroscience, Free Will, and Moral Responsibility	p. 41
What Neuroscience Can (and Cannot) Tell Us about Criminal Responsibility	p. 72
Neuroscience and Moral Reasoning	p. 93
Cognitive Enhancement	p. 115
Brain Injury and Survival	p. 146
Stimulating Brains, Altering Minds	p. 174
Regenerating the Brain	p. 202
References	p. 226
Index	p. 243
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