My friend Neil Levy has published yet another book (how does he do it?) entitled Neuroethics: Challenges for the 21st Century.
Here's the publisher's blurb:
Neuroscience has dramatically increased understanding of how mental states and processes are realized by the brain, thus opening doors for treating the multitude of ways in which minds become dysfunctional. This book explores questions such as when is it permissible to alter a person's memories, influence personality traits or read minds? What can neuroscience tell us about free will, self-control, self-deception and the foundations of morality? The view of neuroethics offered here argues that many of our new powers to read, alter and control minds are not entirely unparalleled with older ones. They have, however, expanded to include almost all our social, political and ethical decisions. Written primarily for graduate students, this book will appeal to anyone with an interest in the more philosophical and ethical aspects of the neurosciences.
• Comprehensive: covers the major ethical issues and the philosophical questions, making the book of interest to a wide audience, ranging from bioethicists to philosophers and cognitive scientists
• Up-to-date in both philosophy and neuroscience, giving the reader an understanding of the state of play in the sciences today, as well as taking them into current philosophical debates
• Covers a variety of issues, from psychopathologies to experimentally induced disorders of agency in normal subjects, neuroscience to social psychology, philosophy of mind to applied ethics
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This looks wonderful. I am glad to see so many books recently on this topic, although I hope that we soon move into the 21st century instead of simply looking ahead to the 21st century (in regards to the way the books seem to be marketed). If you happen upon any new books on Neurolaw that are worthwhile, let me know.
Thanks for the publicity, JW. I don't know what makes it the case that the book is "written primarily for graduate students" (except, I suppose, that they're the ones with the most time for reading).