Pragmatic neuroethics : improving treatment and understanding of the mind-brain / / Eric Racine

• Autore: Racine Eric <1976->
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, Mass. : , : MIT Press, , 2010; ©2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (291 p.)
• Disciplina: 174.2/968
• Soggetto topico: Neurology - Moral and ethical aspects; Neurosciences
• Soggetto non controllato: PHILOSOPHY/Ethics & Bioethics; NEUROSCIENCE/General
• Classificazione: 44.02; 77.50
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Salient challenges in modern neuroethics -- Reviewing past and current neuroethics : definitions, attributes, and perspectives -- Pragmatic naturalism in bioethics -- Neuroethics : exploring the implications of pragmatic naturalism -- Public understanding of neuroscience innovation and emerging interpretations of neuroscience research -- Enhancement of performance with neuropharmaceuticals : pragmatism and the culture wars -- Disorders of consciousness in an evolving neuroscience context -- Communication of prognosis in disorders of consciousness and severe brain injury : a closer look at paradoxical discourses in the clinical and public domains -- Social neuroscience : a pragmatic epistemological and ethical framework for the neuroscience of ethics -- Conclusion : neuroethics and future challenges for neuroscience, ethics, and society.
• Sommario/riassunto: A survey of the emerging field of neuroethics that calls for a multidisciplinary, pragmatic approach for tackling key issues and improving patient care.
• Titolo autorizzato: Pragmatic neuroethics
• ISBN: 0-262-26560-5; 1-282-73696-5; 9786612736964; 0-262-26590-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910785008603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Basic bioethics.