The ethical brain /

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Author / Creator:Gazzaniga, Michael S.
Imprint:New York : Dana Press, c2005.
Description:xix, 201 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5629373
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ISBN:1932594019 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-194) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Life-Span Neuroethics
  • 1. Conferring Moral Status on an Embryo
  • 2. The Aging Brain
  • Part II. Brain Enhancement
  • 3. Better Brains Through Genes
  • 4. Training the Brain
  • 5. Shaping the Smart Brain with Drugs
  • Part III. Free Will, Personal Responsibility, and the Law
  • 6. My Brain Made Me Do It
  • 7. Antisocial Thoughts and the Right to Privacy
  • 8. The Brain Produces a Poor Autobiography
  • Part IV. The Nature of Moral Beliefs and the Concept of Universal Ethics
  • 9. The Believing Brain
  • 10. Toward a Universal Ethics