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188International Legal Approaches to Neurosurgery for Psychiatric DisordersFrontiers in Human Neuroscience 14. 2021.Neurosurgery for psychiatric disorders, also sometimes referred to as psychosurgery, is rapidly evolving, with new techniques and indications being investigated actively. Many within the field have suggested that some form of guidelines or regulations are needed to help ensure that a promising field develops safely. Multiple countries have enacted specific laws regulating NPD. This article reviews NPD-specific laws drawn from North and South America, Asia and Europe, in order to identify the typ…Read more
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16Neuroscience Evidence Should be Incorporated Into Our Ethical PracticesAmerican Journal of Bioethics Neuroscience 1 (4): 36-38. 2010.
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16Prototypes or Pragmatics? The Open Question of Public Attitudes Toward EnhancementAmerican Journal of Bioethics Neuroscience 2 (2): 49-50. 2011.Banja (2011) nimbly analyzes how a particular strain of conceptual myopia corrodes the rigor of “moral conservative” arguments in bioethics, particularly on the topic of human enhancement. We find...
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1503Public Attitudes Toward Cognitive EnhancementNeuroethics 7 (2): 173-188. 2013.Vigorous debate over the moral propriety of cognitive enhancement exists, but the views of the public have been largely absent from the discussion. To address this gap in our knowledge, four experiments were carried out with contrastive vignettes in order to obtain quantitative data on public attitudes towards cognitive enhancement. The data collected suggest that the public is sensitive to and capable of understanding the four cardinal concerns identified by neuroethicists, and tend to cautious…Read more
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University of British ColumbiaGraduate student
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Areas of Specialization
Philosophy of Mind |
Meta-Ethics |
Philosophy of Cognitive Science |