NEUROETHICS: MAPPING THE FIELD
Conference Reader
Vision Statement
Rapidly expanding knowledge in the basic and clinical neurosciences
offers not only the promise of dramatic cures for debilitating illness
of the central nervous system, but also a transformed understanding
of how the brain works. The evolution in our thinking about the functions
of the brain may bring the need to alter our view of the human mind,
along with increased responsibilities and challenges to society. With
the goal of mapping a new field of "neuroethics", the vision for the
conference is to highlight advances in neuroscience research and to
identify ethical and policy challenges posed by our growing knowledge.
Speakers and attendees are encouraged to read the following. Please click on the links below to access the articles and abstracts.
Relevant Articles by Session:
Session I
Speaker Abstracts and Articles:
- Albert R. Jonsen, Ph.D. Session Goals
- Patricia Smith Churchland, Ph.D., Abstract:
Neuroconscience: Reflections on the Neural Basis of Morality
- Patricia Smith Churchland, Ph.D., Brain-Wise:
Studies in Neurophilosophy (Chapter 5)
- Kenneth F. Schaffner Genes, Behavior,
and Developmental Emergentism- Part I
- Kenneth F. Schaffner Genes, Behavior,
and Developmental Emergentism- Part II
- Antonio R. Damasio, M.D., Ph.D. Abstract: The
Neural Basis of Social Behavior: Ethical Implications
- Jonathan Moreno, Ph.D. Abstract: Gaging Ethics
Session II
Speaker Abstracts and Articles:
- Barbara Koenig, Ph.D. Session Goals
- Henry Greely, J.D. Abstract: Neuroethics and
ELSI: Some Comparisons and Considerations
- Daniel L. Schacter, Ph.D. Abstract: The Seven Sins of Memory: Implications for Science and Society
- William J. Winslade, Ph.D., J.D. Abstract:
Traumatic Brain Injury and Legal Responsibility
Additional Bibliography and Readings for Session II:
- William J. Winslade and James S. Brady, Confronting
Traumatic Brain Injury: Devastation, Hope, and Healing . Yale
University Press (November, 1999): 220 pp.
- Mark Hallett, M.D. Physiology of Free Will
- Cloning Californians? Report of the
California Advisory Committee on Human Cloning
- Lewis, Dorothy Otnow, et. al. Psychiatric, Neurological,
and Psychoeducational Characteristics of 15 Death Row Inmates in
the United States
Abstracts and Articles:
- Arthur Caplan, Ph.D. Abstract: No Brainer- Can We
Cope with the Ethical Ramifications of New Knowledge of the Human Brain
Abstracts and Articles:
- Donald Kennedy, Ph.D. Abstract: Are There Things
We'd Rather Not Know?
Speaker Abstracts and Articles:
- Bernard Lo, M.D. Session Goals
- Marilyn S. Albert, Ph.D. Abstract: Ethical Challenges
in Alzheimer's Disease
- Steven Hyman, M.D. Abstract: Research participation
by individuals with cognitive or emotional impairment: informed consent
- Erik Parens, Ph.D. Abstract: How Far Will the Term
Enhancement Get Us As We Grapple with New Ways to Shape Our Selves?
- Paul Root Wolpe, Ph.D. Abstract: Neurotechnology,
Cyborgs, and the Sense of Self
Additional Bibliography and Readings for Session III:
- Post S, Whitehouse P, Binstock R, et al. Abstract: "The clinical introduction of genetic testing for Alzheimer disease. An ethical perspective." JAMA , 1997; 277: 978-979.
- Whitehouse, P.J., Juengst, E., Mehlman, M., & Murray, T.H. (1997). "Enhancing cognition in the intellectually intact." Hastings Center Report , May-June, 14-22. (Not available online.)
- Gary Lee Downey, Joseph Dumit, Sarah Williams (1995). "Cyborg anthropology." Cultural Anthropology, 10:2 pp 264-9. (Not available online.)
- Mark Salzman (2001). Lying Awake . 192 pp. Read an excerpt from Amazon.com
Speaker Abstracts and Articles:
- Judy Illes, Ph.D. Session Goals
- Colin Blakemore, Ph.D., Sc.D., FMedSci, FRS From
the Public Understanding of Science to Scientist's Understanding of the
Public
- Ron Kotulak, "Let's Start With the Brain," The
Chicago Tribune
- Michael Gazzinaga, Ph.D. Abstract: The Pope, the
Rabbi, the Scientist and the Neuroethicist: Who Should You Believe and
Why?
- Sen. William H. Frist, M.D. "Federal Funding for Biomedical Research" , JAMA , April 3, 2002.
- Jacob Waldbauer, with Michael Gazzaniga, Ph.D. The
Self-Made Brain: Neuroscience in 2025.
- Jennifer L. Eberhardt and John D.E. Gabrieli, Ph.D., Differential responses in the fusiform region to same-race and other-race faces (Not available online.)
- Elizabeth A. Phelps, Ph.D. "Faces and races in the
brain" , Nature Neuroscience , August 2001.
Additional Articles and Readings of Interest:
Judy Foreman, " Roots of Violence May Lie in Damaged
Brain Cells ," Los Angeles Times , April 29, 2002.
Additional Articles and Readings of Interest (Not available online.):
- Francis Fukuyama, Our Posthuman Future: Consequences of the Biotechnology Revolution. Farrar Straus & Giroux (April, 2002): 272 pp.
- Anne Harrington. 1987. Medicine, mind, and the double brain: a study in nineteenth-century thought. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press.
- Leigh Star. 1989. Regions of the Mind. Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press.
- Pietro Corsi (ed.) 1991. The Enchanted Loom: Chapters in the History of Neuroscience. New York: Oxford University Press.
- Anne Harrington (ed.) 1992. So Human a Brain: Knowledge and Values in the Neurosciences. Boston, MA: Birkhauser Press.
- Stanley Finger. 1994. Origins of Neuroscience: A History of Explorations into Brain Function. New York: Oxford University Press.
- Marshall et al. 1996. "Early History of IBRO: The Birth of Organized Neuroscience." Neuroscience 72(1).
- Charles Gross. 1998. Brain, Vision and Memory: Tales in the History of Neuroscience. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
- Elizabeth Wilson. 1998. Neural Geographies: Feminism and the Microstructure of Cognition. New York: Routledge.
- Roberta Conlan (ed.) 1999. States of Mind: New Discoveries About How Our Brains Make Us Who We Are. New York: John Wiley & Sons.
- Joe Dumit. 1999. "Objective Brains, Prejudicial Images." Science in Context. 12(1):173-201.
- Rodolfo Llinas. 2001 I of the Vortex: From Neurons to Self. Cambridge, MA:MIT Press
- Robert Blank. 2001 Brain Policy: How the new neuroscience will change our lives and our politics. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press.
- Mark Preul and William Feindel. 2001. "A History of Brain Imaging Technology in Neurosurgery." Neurosurgery Clinics of North America. 12(1): 127-143.
- Anne Beaulieu. 2002. "Images are not the (only) truth: Brain mapping, visual knowledge and iconoclasm." Science, Technology & Human Values. 27(1): 53-86.
- Forthcoming in Summer/Fall 2002:
J. Illes (Ed.), Ethical Challenges in Advanced Neuroimaging, Brain and Cognition , Academic Press, San Diego.- J. Illes and T.A. Raffin, Introduction and Commentary: An Emerging New Discipline in the Study of Brain and Cognition (Abstract forthcoming.)
- J. Kulynych, Legal and Ethical Issues in Neuroimaging Research:
Human Subjects Protection, Medical Privacy, and the Communication
of Research Results (Abstract)
- J. Illes, J.E. Desmond, L.F. Huang, T.A. Raffin, S.W. Atlas, Ethical and Practical Considerations in Managing Incidental Findings in Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- S. Anand and J. Hotson, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation: Neurophysiological
Applications and Safety (Abstract)
- P. Root Wolpe, Treatment, Enhancement, and the Ethics of Neurotherapeutics
- M. Moseley and R. Bammer, Noninvasive MR Imaging of Cognitive
Performance (Abstract)
- T. Canli and Z. Amin, Neuroimaging of Emotion and Personality:
Scientific Evidence and Ethical Considerations (Abstract)
- D. Levine, MR Imaging of Fetal Central Nervous System Abnormalities (Abstract)
- D. Stevenson and A. Goldworth, Ethical Considerations in Neuroimaging and Its Impact on Decision Making for Neonates
- V.J. Hinton, Ethics of Neuroimaging in Pediatric Development
- A. Rosen, Ethical Principles for Neuropsychologists as Related
to Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Abstract)
- J.E. Desmond and S.H.A, Chen, Ethical Issues in the Clinical
Application of fMRI: Factors Affecting the Validity and Interpretation
of Activations (Abstract)
- A.C. Rosen, A.L.W. Bokde, A. Pearl, J.A. Yesavage, Ethical,and
Practical Issues in Applying Functional Imaging to the Clinical
Management of Alzheimer's Disease (Abstract)
~More articles coming soon!~
To add your questions or commentary on the new field of Neuroethics
to this site, please email:
Dr. Judy Illes at
illes at stanford dot edu[illes]
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