Brain, Body, and Mind - Walter Glannon

Brain, Body, and Mind

Neuroethics with a Human Face

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
272 Seiten
2013
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-931579-6 (ISBN)
49,85 inkl. MwSt
This book is a discussion of the most timely and contentious issues in the two branches of neuroethics: the neuroscience of ethics; and the ethics of neuroscience. Drawing upon recent work in psychiatry, neurology, and neurosurgery, it develops a phenomenologically inspired theory of neuroscience to explain the brain-mind relation. The idea that the mind is shaped not just by the brain but also by the body and how the human subject interacts with the environment has significant implications for free will, moral responsibility, and moral justification of actions. It also provides a better understanding of how different interventions in the brain can benefit or harm us. In addition, the book discusses brain imaging techniques to diagnose altered states of consciousness, deep-brain stimulation to treat neuropsychiatric disorders, and restorative neurosurgery for neurodegenerative diseases. It examines the medical and ethical trade-offs of these interventions in the brain when they produce both positive and negative physical and psychological effects, and how these trade-offs shape decisions by physicians and patients about whether to provide and undergo them.

Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Calgary

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

Verlagsort New York
Sprache englisch
Maße 231 x 155 mm
Gewicht 440 g
Themenwelt Medizin / Pharmazie Medizinische Fachgebiete Medizinethik
Medizin / Pharmazie Medizinische Fachgebiete Neurologie
Studium Querschnittsbereiche Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin
Naturwissenschaften Biologie Humanbiologie
Naturwissenschaften Biologie Zoologie
ISBN-10 0-19-931579-5 / 0199315795
ISBN-13 978-0-19-931579-6 / 9780199315796
Zustand Neuware
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