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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 every new discovery about the human mind, more and more questions emerge about the boundaries of consciousness, responsibility, and how far neuroscience research can go. The fledgling field of neuroethics has sought answers to these questions since the first formal neuroethics conference was held in 2002. This groundbreaking volume collects the expert and authoritative writings published since then that have laid the groundwork for this rapidly expanding debate.             Defining Right and Wrong in Brain Science traverses the breadth of neuroethics, exploring six broad areas—including free will, moral responsibility, and legal responsibility; psychopharmacology; and brain injury and brain death—in thirty provocative articles. The scientific and ethical consequences of neuroscience research and technology are plumbed by leading thinkers and scientists, from Antonio Damasio’s “The Neural Basics of Social Behavior: Ethical Implications” to “Monitoring and Manipulating Brain Function” by Martha J. Farah and Paul Root Wolpe. These and other in-depth chapters articulate the thought-provoking questions that emerge with every new scientific discovery and propose solutions that mediate between the freedom of scientific endeavor and the boundaries of ethical responsibility.             As science races toward a future that is marked by startling new possibilities for our bodies and minds, Defining Right and Wrong in Brain Science is the definitive assessment of the ethical criteria guiding neuroscientists today.

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Walter Glannons book, Defining Right and Wrong in Brain Science: Essential Readings in Neuroethics, captures well the debates that have engaged neuroethics and provides a thorough introduction to the field. . . . The essays show a clear awareness of the socially-situated nature of the ethical implications of our increasingly sophisticated understanding of the brain. It is an excellent overview of the current state of neuroethics. -- Chris Kaposy Journal of Ethics in Mental Health (04/01/2008)

The ethical implications of neuroscience are truly novel, since the ability to intervene in the brain in many ways is a recent phenomenon. --From the Introduction by Walter Glannon --Walter Glannon (2/13/2007 12:00:00 AM) Walter Glannon's book, Defining Right and Wrong in Brain Science: Essential Readings in Neuroethics, captures well the debates that have engaged neuroethics and provides a thorough introduction to the field. . . . The essays show a clear awareness of the socially-situated nature of the ethical implications of our increasingly sophisticated understanding of the brain. It is an excellent overview of the current state of neuroethics.--Journal of Ethics in Mental Health --Chris Kaposy Journal of Ethics in Mental Health (4/1/2008 12:00:00 AM)

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Walter Glannon holds the Canada Research Chair in Biomedical Ethics and Ethical Theory at the University of Calgary in Alberta. He is the author of numerous papers and books, including Bioethics and the Brain, Biomedical Ethics, and Genes and Future People.

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