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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814693903321

Autore

Levy Neil <1967->

Titolo

Neuroethics / / Neil Levy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, : Cambridge University Press, 2007

ISBN

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

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 346 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

174.2928

Soggetti

Neurosciences - Moral and ethical aspects

Ethics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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 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.