Neuroethics : defining the issues in theory, practice, and policy

PART I - NEUROSCIENCE, ETHICS, AGENCY AND THE SELF ; 1. Moral decision-making and the brain ; 2. A case study in neuroethics: the nature of moral judgment ; 3. Moral and legal responsibility and the new neuroscience ; 4. Brains, lies and psychological explanations ; 5. Being in the world: neuroscience and the ethical agent ; 6. Creativity, gratitude and the enhancement debate: ; 7. Ethical dilemmas in neurodegenerative disease: respecting patients at the twlight of agency ; PART II - NEUROETHICS IN PRACTICE ; 8. From genome to brainome: charting the lessons learned ; 9. Protecting human subjects in brain research: a pragmatic perspective ; 10. Facts, fictions and the future of neuroethics ; 11. A picture is worth 1000 words, but which 1000? ; 12. When genes and brains unite: ethical implications of genomic neuroimaging ; 13. Engineering the brain ; 14. Transcranial magnetic stimulation and the human brain: an ethical evaluation ; 15. Functional neurosurgical intervention: neuroethics in the operating room ; 16. Clinicians, patients and the brain ; PART III - JUSTICE, SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND NEUROETHICS ; 17. The social effects of advances in neuroscience: legal problems, legal perspectives ; 19. Poverty, privilege and brain development: empirical findings and ethical implications ; 20. Religious responses to neuroscientific questions ; 21. The mind in the movies: a neuroethical analysis of the portrayal of the mind in popular media