FIELD OF DREAMS: A SOCIAL HISTORY OF

Among those in thrall to neuroscience is a group of ethicists who are developing a new specialisation in bioethics: neuroethics. Neuroethics has taken it upon itself to keep an eye on neuroscience. Neuroethics, by virtue of its very existence, poses a threat to ...

Neuroethics in the Age of Brain Projects

Advances in neuroscience have raised important ethical questions. The recent launch of two major brain projects, the US BRAIN initiative and the European Union Human Brain Project, should accelerate progress in understanding the brain. In this article we will look at...

Neuroethics: A New Way of Doing Ethics

The aim of this article is to present neuroethics as a new way of doing ethics. Naeuroethics offers an opportunity to refine the tools that are used. Ethicists often have to resort to intuitions triggered by the consideration of cases in order to assess ...