02560nam a2200397Ia 4500 304612 PUCPR 20230629135045.0 051216s2006 nyu b 001 0 eng 2005058432 9780060884734 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0060884738 (pbk. : alk. paper) DLC DLC DLC spa rda pcc BEV BET QP 360.5 .G393 2005 174.2928233 G291e 22 QP 360.5 .G393 2005 Gazzaniga, Michael S. 46573 The ethical brain : the science of our moral dilemmas / Michael S. Gazzaniga. New York HarperPerennial 2006 ©2005 xix, 202, 16 pages ; 21 cm rdacontent txt text rdamedia n unmediated rdacarrier nc volume Previously published: New York : Dana Press, c2005. "An Ecco book." Includes bibliographical references and index. Part I Life-Span Neuroethics--Conferring Moral Status on an Embryo--The Aging Brain--Part II Brain Enchancement--Better Brains Through Genes--Training the Brain--Shaping the Smart Brain with Drugs--Part III Free Will, Personal Responsability, and the Law--My Brain Made Me Do It--Antisocial Thoughts and the Right to Privacy--The Brain Produces a Poor Autobiography--Part IV The Nature of Moral Beliefs and the Concept of Universal Ethics--The Beliving Brain--Toward a Universal Ethics. The rapid advance of scientific knowledge has raised ethical dilemmas that humankind has never before had to address. Questions about the moment when life technically begins and ends or about the morality of genetically desining babies are now relevant and timely. Our ever-incresing knowledge of the workings of the human brain can guide us in the formation of new moral principles in the twenty-first century. In the Ethical Brain, preeminent neuroscientist Michael S. Gazzaniga presents the emerging social and ethical issues arising out of modern-day brain science and challenges the way we look at them. Courageous and thought-provoking–a work of enormous intelligence, insight, amd importance– this book explores the hitherto uncharted landscape where science and society interesect. Cognitive neuroscience Moral and ethical aspects. 74804 Local Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy1002/2005058432.html lcc 6 223171 223171 0 0 ddc 0 0 evl 10 10 1 2016-05-27 Amazon 8.11 485637 0 174.2928233 G291e 80000002439399 2017-05-18 00:00:00 6 0 0 lcc 0 0 15 15 65 2023-06-29 Donación 0 QP 360.5 .G393 2005 41000000004128 2023-06-29 00:00:00 2023-06-29 31