The Human Brain Project: Social and Ethical Challenges

The Human Brain Project: Social and Ethical Challenges

Focusing on the Human Brain Project, I discuss some social and ethical challenges raised by such programs of research: the possibility of a unified knowledge of "the brain," balancing privacy and the public good, dilemmas of "dual use," brain-computer interfaces, and "responsible research and innovation" in governance of emerging technologies.

[The Human Genome Project: ethical and social implications].

This article explores some of the potential moral and social ramifications of the Human Genome Project. Research on the human genome is generating important ethical and social questions of at least three distinct kinds. First, what genetic information should be generated, and who should control its dissemination and use? Improved diagnostic techniques such as presymptomatic testing, carrier scr...

Ethical, Legal, and Social Challenges

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The Human Brain Project: Chances and Challenges for Computer Science

Recently, the European Commission selected the Human Brain Project (HBP) as one of two Flagship projects, each receiving a prospected funding of 1 billion euro. The Human Brain Project builds on the foundations of the Blue Brain Project which was established in 2005 with the mission to integrate anatomical, electrophysiological and genetic data into a unified model of the neocortical column. Ov...

Synthetic Biology: social and ethical challenges