My brain made me do it : the rise of neuroscience and the threat to moral responsibility
Title:
My brain made me do it : the rise of neuroscience and the threat to moral responsibility
Author:
Sternberg, Eliezer J.
ISBN:
9781616141653
Publication Information:
New York : Prometheus Books, 2010
Physical Description:
244 p. ; 23 cm
General Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents:
Introduction -- The mischievous neuron -- The shadow of determinism -- The essential freedom -- A tempest in the brain -- Neurological disturbance -- The seat of the will -- The somatic-marker hypothesis -- The readiness potential -- The grand illusion -- Neuronal destiny -- The revolution of the brain -- Seeds of corruption -- Morality’s end -- The depths of consciousness -- A challenge for experience -- The boundlessness of reason -- Rise of the moral agent -- The palace of the mind.
Subject:
| Responsibility |
| Free will and determinism |
| Mind and body |
| Neurosciences |