Neuroethics: a methodological reflection
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Neuroethics: a methodological reflection This article introduces a personal reflection on neuroethics by describing some of the technologies that led to emerging of the topic, targeted to brain stimulation and mapping.. It relates the current possibilities of using these technologies and the main ethical, legal, and social challenges connected to them. Next, it presents the main definitions of neuroethics in the fruitful literature in this field, which is still under construction, pointing out the central topics of the main discussions, dealing with technological advances and deriving ethical challenges.
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