Ethical Issues in Behavioral Neuroscience

Book Overview

Section I. Experimental Animal Research.- Ethical Issues Associated with the Use of Animal Experimentation in Behavioural Neuroscience Research.- The use of animal models in behavioural neuroscience research.- Does the goal justify the methods? Harm and Benefit in Neuroscience Research Using Animals.- A Framework for investigating animal consciousness.- Telos, Conservation of Welfare, and Ethical Issues in Genetic Engineering of Animals.- Would the elimination of the capacity to suffer evolve ethical dilemmas in experimental animal research?.- Section II. Clinical Research.- Ethics of human research in behavioral neuroscience: Overview of section II.- What's special about the ethical challenges of studying disorders with altered brain activity?.- Effects of brain injury on moral agency: Ethical dilemmas in investigating human behavior.- Genetic testing and neuroimaging for youth at risk for mental illness: Trading off benefit and risk.- Externalization of consciousness: Scientific possibilities and clinical implications.- How does enhancing cognition affect human values? How does this translate into social responsibility?.- Deep brain stimulation: A principled and pragmatic approach to understanding the ethical and clinical challenges of an evolving technology.- Ethical issues and ethical therapy associated with anxiety disorders.- Just like a circus: The public consumption of sex differences.- Money and morals: Ending clinical trials for financial reasons.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3662513013
• ISBN13: 9783662513019
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"