Bioethics and Brains
A Disciplined and Principled Neuroethics
$155.66
- Paperback
252 pages
- Release Date
11 March 2025
Summary
Neuroethics, a field just over two decades old, addresses both ethical issues generated in and by brain sciences and the neuroscientific studies of moral and ethical thought and action. These foci are reciprocally interactive and prompt questions of how science and ethics can and should harmonize. In Bioethics and Brains, John R. Shook and James Giordano ask—How can the brain sciences inform ethics? And how might ethics guide the brain sciences and their real-world applications?
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262549998 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262549999 |
| Author: | John R. Shook, James Giordano |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 252 |
| Release Date: | 11 March 2025 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 133mm |
| Series: | Basic Bioethics |
About The Author
John R. Shook
John R. Shook is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Bowie State University in Maryland and an Instructor with the Liberal Studies Graduate Program at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. He coedited Ectogenesis and Neuroscience, Neurophilosophy, and Pragmatism, and he authored Pragmatism (MIT Press).
James Giordano is the Pellegrino Center Professor of Neurology and Chief of the Neuroethics Studies Program at Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC; Senior Bioethicist of the US Department of Defense Medical Ethics Center; and Chair Emeritus of the Neuroethics Project, IEEE Brain Initiative.
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