Innovations in neuroscience: prospects and perils

Autor: Thorsten Galert, Reinhard Merkel
Rok vydání: 2006
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Zdroj: Poiesis & Praxis. 4:77-80
ISSN: 1615-6617
1615-6609
Popis: The articles gathered in this focus section are based on presentations which their authors contributed to an international expert workshop held in Brussels on April 7th/8th, 2005. This workshop was part of an interdisciplinary research project on ''Intervening in the Psyche. Novel Possibilities as Social Challenges'' that is currently run by the Europaische Akademie GmbH. As its title suggests, the project deals with new techniques of intervening in the human psyche whose development has been facilitated and accelerated by the wealth of insights into the brain's functioning that neuroscience has gained during the last few decades. The project aims to review these scientific and technological advances, indicate future developments, and discuss ethical and legal concerns raised in the public debate on these innovations. To achieve this, medical experts who have got first- hand experience of applying the techniques at issue teamed up with philosophers and law experts for a total period of 2.5 years. 1 On occasion of the aforesaid workshop in Brussels, the members of this project group (which happens to be chaired by one of us (R.M.) and coordinated by the other (T.G.)) invited the authors of the following papers to discuss the whole range of the issues covered by their project.
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