Neuroethics: The Implications of Mapping and Changing the Brain

Book Overview

Explores the ethical, legal, and societal issues arising from brain imaging, psychopharmacology, and other new developments in neuroscience.

Neuroscience increasingly allows us to explain, predict, and even control aspects of human behavior. The ethical issues that arise from these developments extend beyond the boundaries of conventional bioethics into philosophy of mind, psychology, theology, public policy, and the law. This broader...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262514605
• ISBN13: 9780262514606
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher