Where is the line between instinct and free will in humans? How far can technology and medicine go to manipulate the brain? This book looks at neuroethics, exploring six broad areas - free will, moral responsibility, and legal responsibility; psychopharmacology; and brain injury and brain death.
Exploring the influence of genetics on personal identity, this book prompts deep reflection on how genes shape our lives, health, and moral responsibilities to future generations. It engages philosophers and bioethicists in a critical examination of the interplay between genetic makeup and ethical considerations, challenging readers to consider the implications of genetic determinism on societal values and individual existence.
Exploring the soul as a psychophysical process, this book delves into its significance in mental representation and agency. Authors Grant Gillett and Walter Glannon merge contemporary neuroscience with philosophical insights, drawing on Aristotle's hylomorphism to present a dynamic view of the brain. They argue that the soul is shaped by biological, social, and cultural influences, offering a nuanced understanding that emphasizes its role in adaptive behavior rather than reducing it to mere neurological functions.
Using a framework informed by neuroscience, psychology, and philosophy, this book addresses a range of metaphysical, ethical, and legal issues in modelling and modifying human memory. Its arguments and conclusions will interest clinical neuroscientists, psychologists, philosophers, and legal theorists.
This Element considers the potential benefit and harm from vaccines against addiction and viruses, immunotherapy for cancer, neuro-immunomodulating drugs to prevent or treat neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative diseases, and gene editing of immunity to enable xenotransplantation and prevent infectious disease.