The last twenty years have seen huge advances in our understanding of how the brain works. Researchers are now trying to understand the nature of consciousness itself. This collection represents an accessible attempt to expose and question research boundaries of what is ethically, socially and legally acceptable in neuroscience research.
The last twenty years have seen huge advances in our understanding of how the brain works. Researchers are now trying to understand the nature of consciousness itself. This collection represents an accessible attempt to expose and question research boundaries of what is ethically, socially and legally acceptable in neuroscience research.
Sir Dai Rees is Knight Bachelor, a Fellow of the Royal Society, a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and a founding Fellow of the Royal Academy of Medicine. He was President of theEuropean Science Foundation (1993-1999) and Secretary and Chief Executive of the UK Medical Research Council (1987-1996). He has now retired.
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List of contributors Part I. Introduction: the new brain sciences Steven Rose Part II. Freedom to Change: 1. Do we ever really act? Mary Midgley 2. The definition of human nature Merlin W. Donald 3. Consciousness and the limits of neurobiology Hilary Rose 4. Mind metaphors, neurosciences and ethics Regine Kollek 5. Genetic and generic determinism, a new threat to free will? Peter Lipton Part III. Neuroscience and the Law: 6. Human action, neuroscience and the law Alexander McCall Smith 7. Responsibility and the law Stephen Sedley 8. Programmed or licensed to kill? The new biology of femicide Lorraine Radford 9. Genes, responsibility and the law Patrick Bateson Part IV. Stewardship of the New Brain Sciences: 10. The neurosciences: the danger that we will think we have understood it all Yadin Dudai 11. On dissecting the genetic basis of behaviour and intelligence Angus Clarke 12. Prospects and perils of stem cell repair of the central nervous system: a brief guide to current science Helen Hodges, Iris Reuter and Helen Pilcher 13. The use of human embryonic stem cells for research: an ethical evaluation Guido de Wert 14. The Prozac story John Cornwell 15. Psychopharmacology at the interface between the market and the new biology David Healy 16. Education in the age of Ritalin Paul Cooper Part V. Conclusion: Conclusion Dai Rees and Barbro Westerholm References Index.
List of contributors; Part I. Introduction: the new brain sciences Steven Rose; Part II. Freedom to Change: 1. Do we ever really act? Mary Midgley; 2. The definition of human nature Merlin W. Donald; 3. Consciousness and the limits of neurobiology Hilary Rose; 4. Mind metaphors, neurosciences and ethics Regine Kollek; 5. Genetic and generic determinism, a new threat to free will? Peter Lipton; Part III. Neuroscience and the Law: 6. Human action, neuroscience and the law Alexander McCall Smith; 7. Responsibility and the law Stephen Sedley; 8. Programmed or licensed to kill? The new biology of femicide Lorraine Radford; 9. Genes, responsibility and the law Patrick Bateson; Part IV. Stewardship of the New Brain Sciences: 10. The neurosciences: the danger that we will think we have understood it all Yadin Dudai; 11. On dissecting the genetic basis of behaviour and intelligence Angus Clarke; 12. Prospects and perils of stem cell repair of the central nervous system: a brief guide to current science Helen Hodges, Iris Reuter and Helen Pilcher; 13. The use of human embryonic stem cells for research: an ethical evaluation Guido de Wert; 14. The Prozac story John Cornwell; 15. Psychopharmacology at the interface between the market and the new biology David Healy; 16. Education in the age of Ritalin Paul Cooper; Part V. Conclusion: Conclusion Dai Rees and Barbro Westerholm; References; Index.
List of contributors Part I. Introduction: the new brain sciences Steven Rose Part II. Freedom to Change: 1. Do we ever really act? Mary Midgley 2. The definition of human nature Merlin W. Donald 3. Consciousness and the limits of neurobiology Hilary Rose 4. Mind metaphors, neurosciences and ethics Regine Kollek 5. Genetic and generic determinism, a new threat to free will? Peter Lipton Part III. Neuroscience and the Law: 6. Human action, neuroscience and the law Alexander McCall Smith 7. Responsibility and the law Stephen Sedley 8. Programmed or licensed to kill? The new biology of femicide Lorraine Radford 9. Genes, responsibility and the law Patrick Bateson Part IV. Stewardship of the New Brain Sciences: 10. The neurosciences: the danger that we will think we have understood it all Yadin Dudai 11. On dissecting the genetic basis of behaviour and intelligence Angus Clarke 12. Prospects and perils of stem cell repair of the central nervous system: a brief guide to current science Helen Hodges, Iris Reuter and Helen Pilcher 13. The use of human embryonic stem cells for research: an ethical evaluation Guido de Wert 14. The Prozac story John Cornwell 15. Psychopharmacology at the interface between the market and the new biology David Healy 16. Education in the age of Ritalin Paul Cooper Part V. Conclusion: Conclusion Dai Rees and Barbro Westerholm References Index.
List of contributors; Part I. Introduction: the new brain sciences Steven Rose; Part II. Freedom to Change: 1. Do we ever really act? Mary Midgley; 2. The definition of human nature Merlin W. Donald; 3. Consciousness and the limits of neurobiology Hilary Rose; 4. Mind metaphors, neurosciences and ethics Regine Kollek; 5. Genetic and generic determinism, a new threat to free will? Peter Lipton; Part III. Neuroscience and the Law: 6. Human action, neuroscience and the law Alexander McCall Smith; 7. Responsibility and the law Stephen Sedley; 8. Programmed or licensed to kill? The new biology of femicide Lorraine Radford; 9. Genes, responsibility and the law Patrick Bateson; Part IV. Stewardship of the New Brain Sciences: 10. The neurosciences: the danger that we will think we have understood it all Yadin Dudai; 11. On dissecting the genetic basis of behaviour and intelligence Angus Clarke; 12. Prospects and perils of stem cell repair of the central nervous system: a brief guide to current science Helen Hodges, Iris Reuter and Helen Pilcher; 13. The use of human embryonic stem cells for research: an ethical evaluation Guido de Wert; 14. The Prozac story John Cornwell; 15. Psychopharmacology at the interface between the market and the new biology David Healy; 16. Education in the age of Ritalin Paul Cooper; Part V. Conclusion: Conclusion Dai Rees and Barbro Westerholm; References; Index.
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'One valuable message of The New Brain Sciences is that in trying to understand the neurosciences, it is unwise to ignore the social forces propelling them.' Financial Times Magazine
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