Neuroimaging, Uncertainty, and the Problem of Dispositions

Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics 19 (2):188 (2010)
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Brain research in neuroscience and related fields is changing our understanding of the brain and its relation to the mind and to human behavior, giving a new impetus to the problem of free will and moral responsibility. The reactions have covered the entire range, from claims to the effect that neuroscientific research is showing that our folkrnason, Ph.D., is Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Department of Social and Moral Philosophy, University of Helsinki, Finland. His research interests include bioethics, neuroethics, and the philosophy of science. He coedited The Ethics and Governance of Human Genetic Databases and Blood and Data: Ethical, Legal and Social Aspects of Human Genetic Databases.FootnotesThe research for this paper was conducted as a part of Neuroscience and Norms: Ethical and Legal Aspects of Norms in Neuroimaging / Ethical Concepts and Norms, a project funded by the Academy of Finland

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