Walter Glannon

Brain, Body, and Mind

Neuroethics with a Human Face

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is a discussion of the neuroscience ethics and the ethics of neuroscience. It examines the neurobiological basis of moral reasoning and decision-making, as well as ethical issues related to interventions in the brain.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. April 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 245mm x 167mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 533g
• ISBN-13: 9780199734092
• ISBN-10: 0199734097
• Artikelnr.: 33253731

Autorenporträt

Walter Glannon, Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Calgary and author of BIOETHICS AND THE BRAIN OUP 2006.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: Our Brains Are Not Us
Chapter 2: Neuroscience, Free Will, and Moral Responsibility
Chapter 3: What Neuroscience Can (and Cannot) Tell Us about Criminal Responsibility
Chapter 4: Neuroscience and Moral Reasoning
Chapter 5: Cognitive Enhancement
Chapter 6: Brain Injury and Survival
Chapter 7: Stimulating Brains, Altering Minds
Chapter 8: Regenerating the Brain
Notes
References
Index