Routledge Handbook of Neuroethics

L. Syd M Johnson is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Bioethics in the departments of Humanities and Kinesiology and Integrative Physiology at Michigan Technological University. Her current research focuses on ethical and epistemological issues in disorders of consciousness and sport-related neurotrauma.Karen S. Rommelfanger is an Assistant Professor in the departments of Neurology and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, the Neuroethics Program Director at Emory University’s Center for Ethics, and Neuroscience Editor-in-Residence at the American Journal of Bioethics Neuroscience. A neuroscientist and ethicist, her current research explores how evolving neuroscience and neurotechnologies challenge societal definitions of disease and medicine. She is a member of the Neuroethics Division of the NIH BRAIN Initiative.

• Introduction Part I. What is Neuroethics? The Competing Identities of Neuroethics: Remarks on Theoretical and Methodological Assumptions and Their Practical Implications for the Future of Neuroethics; Neuroethics and the Neuroscientific Turn; Part II. The Ethics of Neuroscience: Thinking Differently: Neurodiversity and Neural Engineering; The Ethics of Expanding Applications of Deep Brain Stimulation; 4.1 Spotlight: Neuromodulation4.2 Spotlight: Ablation Techniques; The Ethics of Prodromal and Preclinical Disease Stages; Disorders of Consciousness and the Use of Neurotechnologies: An Ethical Perspective; Place for Psychogenic Disorders: Ethics, Illness, and Treatment Narratives; Cosmetic Neurology and the Ethics of Enhancement; Modafinil and the Increasing Lifestyle Use of Smart Drugs by Healthy People: Neuroethical and Societal Issues; Neuroenhancement and Therapy in National Defense Contexts; Moral Neuroenhancement…/part contents

"The Routledge Handbook of Neuroethics is an impressive and important companion to the emerging discipline of neuroethics. The scope of the contributions to this handbook is dazzling, covering not merely well worked questions in neuroethics, but also giving us glimpses of its bright future. A judicious mix of big names and newer voices make this a volume that anyone with an interest in neuroethics will want to read."--Neil Levy, Macquarie University and University of Oxford"In this valuable and interdisciplinary collection, Johnson and Rommelfanger have compiled the most interesting and important writings in the emerging field of neuroethics. It explores both "the ethics of neuroscience," that is, ethical issues raised by neuroscience, and "the neuroscience of ethics," that is, the implications of neuroscience for metaethics and moral psychology. This Handbook is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand neuroethics and its potential implications for law and policy."--Bonnie Steinbock, The University of Albany, SUNY