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The Future of Neuroethics Research and Training

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Debates About Neuroethics

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A number of major national and international projects have recently been launched to meet the “Grand Challenge” of understanding the brain. With substantial funding, these projects aim to reveal the neurophysical processes underlying our mental states and seek to develop technologies to restore brain function when it has been impaired. The projects also include explicit investigation of the ethical, social, and legal implications of neuroscience and the ethical conduct of neuroscience research. The advent of these projects, therefore, offers an extraordinary opportunity for neuroethics to play an integral role in what may be the defining scientific program of our time. To fulfill this role, neuroethics must contribute fully to framing the investigation of ethical issues and the identification of those that need to be addressed. This chapter focuses on four issues that warrant particular attention as we move forward: (1) the ethical conduct of research; (2) responsible research and innovation; (3) responsibility, crime, and punishment; and (4) the identity of neuroethics.

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    Australian Brain Alliance, BRAIN Initiative, Human Brain Project, Canada Brain Research Fund, China Brain Project, Cuban Human Brain Mapping Project (CHBMP), Israel Brain Technologies, Latin American Brain Mapping Network (LABMAN), Brain Mapping by Integrated Neurotechnologies for Disease Studies (Brain/MINDS), Korean Brain Initiative, Blue Brain Project.

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Buller, T. (2017). The Future of Neuroethics Research and Training. In: Racine, E., Aspler, J. (eds) Debates About Neuroethics. Advances in Neuroethics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-54651-3_13

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