Neuroethics

"Walter Glannon is one of the most interesting philosophers writing about the ethics of science today. This timely book will make an important contribution to both the ethics of neuroscience and the neuroscience of ethics." --John Harris, Lord Alliance Professor of Bioethics, The University of Manchester

"As an introduction to the controversies and possible solutions in the field of biomedical ethics, this text is first rate.... [Glannon] carefully weaves a path through the debates and their presuppositions in order to reveal the foundations for choices that others have made or are making in contemporary society and theory. Glannon attempts to include all major current issues in this field and does a remarkable job." --Irene E. Harvey, Pennsylvania State University

"Glannon's clear and lively use of contemporary cases and policies in biomedical ethics will appeal to health care practitioners as well as to bioethicists. Most importantly, it will capture the interest of students who are routinely confronted with biomedical issues in their everyday personal and professional lives. Glannon will help readers set their moral compass straight enough to navigate the sometimes choppy waters of health care." --Rosemarie Tong, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

"As neuroscience provides increasingly powerful investigative methods and therapeutic tools, so conceptual and ethical questions about the relationships between brain and mind become ever more pressing. Walter Glannon provides a highly informed and thoughtful account of several key issues, founded on the controversial but arresting and topical premise that 'the mind is not located in the brain': understanding how our brains enable consciousness requires us to lift our eyes above the neural horizon, to pay due attention to the bodies that sustain us, the physical world we inhabit and the cultural world we inherit." --Adam Zeman, Professor of Cognitive and Behavioural Neurology, University of Exeter