Research Catalog

Title

Neuroethics : mapping the field : conference proceedings, May 13-14, 2002, San Francisco, California / sponsored by the Dana Foundation ; hosted by Stanford University and University of California, San Francisco ; Steven J. Marcus, editor.

Publication

New York : Dana Press, c2002.

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Additional Authors

• Marcus, Steven, 1942-
• Charles A. Dana Foundation

Description

vii, 367 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Subject

• Social Responsibility
• Personhood
• Individuality
• Neurosciences > standards
• Neurology > standards
• Bioethical Issues
• Neurosciences > Moral and ethical aspects > Congresses
• Neurology > Moral and ethical aspects > Congresses
• Neurosciences > Aspect moral > Congrès
• Neurologie > Aspect moral > Congrès
• Bioethics

Genre/Form

Congress

Note

• Includes index.

Contents

Brain science and the self / Albert R. Jonsen -- The neural basis of social behavior: ethical implications / Antonio R. Damasio -- Neuroconscience: reflections on the neural basis of morality / Patricia Smith Churchland -- Neuroethics: reductionism, emergence, and decision-making capacities / Kenneth F. Schaffner -- Gaging ethics / Jonathan Moreno -- Introduction / Barbara A. Koenig / The seven sins of memory: implications for science and society / Daniel L. Schacter -- Traumatic brain injury and legal responsibility / William J. Winslade -- Neuroethics and ELSI: some comparisons and considerations / Henry Greely -- Introduction / William Safire -- No brainer: can we cope with the ethical ramifications of new knowledge of the human brain? / Arthur Caplan -- Introduction / Bernard Lo -- Ethical issues in pharmacology: research and practice / Steven Hyman -- Ethical challenges in alzheimer's disease / Marilyn S. Albert -- How far will the term enhancement get us as we grapple with new ways to shape our selves? / Erik Parens -- Neurotechnology, cyborgs, and the sense of self/ Paul Root Wolpe -- Introduction / Howard Fields -- Are there things we'd rather not know? / Donald Kennedy -- Introduction / Judy Illes -- From the "Public understanding of science" to scientists' understanding of the public / Colin Blakemore -- Let's start with the brain / Ron Kotulak -- The pope, the rabbi, the scientist and the neuroethicist: who should you believe and why? / Michael S. Gazzaniga -- Neuroethics: from Plato's Republic to today / Albert R. Jonsen -- Summary of the conference / William Mobley -- The future of neuroethics / Zach Hall.

ISBN

• 097238300X (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 9780972383004 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2002151389

OCLC

50769369

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library