Ethics and neuroscience

Neuroscience and Ethics

Reducing Barriers to Ethics in Neuroscience

Ethics is a growing interest for neuroscientists, but rather than signifying a commitment to the protection of human subjects, care of animals, and public understanding to which the professional community is engaged in a fundamental way, interest has been consumed by administrative overhead and the mission creep of institutional ethics reviews. Faculty, trainees, and staff (n = 605) in North Am...

Neuroimaging and neuroethics: imaging the ethics in neuroscience.

UNLABELLED This paper outlines the topics that are on the intersection of neuroethics and neuroimaging domain. MATERIALS AND METHODS An extensive search through Medline bibliographic database was performed for a period of 12 years (1997-2009), using a combination of 3 keywords ("ethics", "neuroethics", "neuroimaging"). The search returned 119 indexed articles, of which 102 were found relevant...

Neuroscience, Ethics, and National Security: The State of the Art

National security organizations in the United States, including the armed services and the intelligence community, have developed a close relationship with the scientific establishment. The latest technology often fuels warfighting and counter-intelligence capacities, providing the tactical advantages thought necessary to maintain geopolitical dominance and national security. Neuroscience has e...

Neuroethics: a modern context for ethics in neuroscience.

Neuroethics, a recently modernized field at the intersection of bioethics and neuroscience, is founded on centuries of discussion of the ethical issues associated with mind and behavior. Broadly defined, neuroethics is concerned with ethical, legal and social policy implications of neuroscience, and with aspects of neuroscience research itself. Advances in neuroscience increasingly challenge lo...