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UNINA9910778119403321 |
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Autore |
Levy Neil <1967-> |
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Titolo |
Neuroethics / / Neil Levy [[electronic resource]] |
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2007 |
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1-107-17329-9 |
0-511-81189-6 |
1-281-08530-8 |
9786611085308 |
0-511-34219-5 |
0-511-34166-0 |
0-511-34108-3 |
0-511-55661-6 |
0-511-34272-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xiii, 346 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Disciplina |
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Neurosciences - Moral and ethical aspects |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Introduction -- Changing our minds -- The presumption against direct manipulation -- Reading minds/controlling minds -- The neuroethics of memory -- The "self" of self-control -- The neuroscience of free will -- Self-deception: the normal and the pathological -- The neuroscience of ethics. |
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Neuroscience has dramatically increased understanding of how mental states and processes are realized by the brain, thus opening doors for treating the multitude of ways in which minds become dysfunctional. This book explores questions such as when is it permissible to alter a person's memories, influence personality traits or read minds? What can neuroscience tell us about free will, self-control, self-deception and the foundations of morality? The view of neuroethics offered here argues that many of our new powers to read ,alter and control minds are not entirely unparalleled with older ones. They have, however, expanded to include almost all our social, political and ethical |
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decisions. Written primarily for graduate students, this book will appeal to anyone with an interest in the more philosophical and ethical aspects of the neurosciences. |
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UNINA9910557719303321 |
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Autore |
Roselli Carlo |
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Titolo |
Geothermal Energy Utilization and Technologies 2020 |
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Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (350 p.) |
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Research & information: general |
Technology: general issues |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Rising pollution, climate change and the depletion of fossil fuels are leading many countries to focus on renewable-based energy conversion systems. In particular, recently introduced energy policies are giving high priority to increasing the use of renewable energy sources, the improvement of energy systems' security, the minimization of greenhouse gas effect, and social and economic cohesion. Renewable energies' availability varies during the day and the seasons and so their use must be accurately predicted in conjunction with the management strategies based on load shifting and energy storage. Thus, in order to reduce the criticalities of this uncertainty, the exploitation of more flexible and stable renewable energies, such as the geothermal one, is necessary. Geothermal energy is an abundant renewable source with significant potential in direct use applications, such as in district heating systems, in indirect use ones to produce electricity, and in cogeneration and polygeneration systems for the combined production of power, heating, and cooling energy. This Special Issue includes geothermal energy utilization and the |
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technologies used for its exploitation considering both the direct and indirect use applications. |
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