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Where is the line between instinct and free will in humans? How far can technology and medicine go to manipulate the brain? With each new discovery about the human mind, more and more questions arise about the limits of consciousness,...

This essay argues that any ethical approach to mitigating the negative effects of pandemics must give detailed and sustained attention to those on the margins of society. This means tackling widespread racism and concentrated poverty in politics....

This article attempts to review some of the most pressing questions that have been discussed in the aftermath of the COVID-19 outbreak. General questions regarding research into potentially dangerous viruses are considered, ethical issues surrounding the conduct of...

Neurosurgical interventions can alter a person's self-concept and affect neurological and cognitive function to a level that is unacceptable to both patient and family. In an increasingly complex and evolving field, the ethical implications...

While the conduct of doctors during the Covid-19 pandemic is admirable, the approach to medical ethics from a heroic perspective is neither sustainable nor robust enough to cope with the complexity of emergency conditions during a pandemic. It is.

Practical Ethics in Clinical Neurology (PECN) is a case-based ethics textbook for readers who want a concise, accessible book to help them assess and address ethical issues in their daily practice. With chapter topics ...

Public discourse on ethics during the COVID-19 pandemic has tended to focus on resource scarcity and the protection of civil liberties. We show how these preoccupations reflect an entrenched imagination of disaster that guides the ethics of response. In this article...

Over the past fifteen years, there has been considerable interest in studying the brain structures involved in moral judgements using novel neuroscience techniques such as functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Many people, including many ...

The first philosophical monograph on the ethics of memory manipulation (MM) postulates that any attempt to directly and deliberately erase episodic memories poses a serious threat to the human condition that cannot be justified. Basing its thesis on four ...

The rapid spread of COVID-19 has had an unprecedented impact on modern healthcare systems and has led to a number of complex ethical issues. This collection of readings and case studies provides an overview of some of the most pressing of these issues,...

This text, which complements the 2002 text Ethical Issues in Clinical Neuropsychology. Authored by Bush and Drexler, it introduces the reader to typical ethical challenges in neuropsychology. The authors present cases and discuss ethical issues related to the practice of...

Should editing of the human genome be allowed? What are the ethical implications of social restrictions during a pandemic? Is it ethical to use animals in clinical trials? Does prioritising COVID-19 treatment increase deaths from other...

In this volume, a wide range of eminent scientists and philosophers share their views on current theories and future challenges in the field of moral cognition, and assess how the collaboration between neuroscience and evolutionary psychology can influence...

The treatment of pain and the scientific quest to understand the mechanisms underlying pain raise a number of ethical, legal and social issues. This edited volume brings together for the first time experts in pain, paediatrics, neuroscience, brain imaging,...

New technologies to study brain mechanisms and functions have shown great promise in treating brain disease and injury. These new technologies also provide the means to assess and manipulate human consciousness, cognition, emotion and behaviour, carrying...