Scientific and Philosophical Perspectives in

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?

Foreword
Introduction
Developments in neuroscience: where have we been, where are we going?
Origins of the modern concept of neuroscience: Wilhelm Wundt, empiricism, and idealism - implications for contemporary neuroethics
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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