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17-19 April 2005
Kresge Auditorium, MIT Campus
Boston, MA
Pre-Conference Readings:
Neuroscience and Neuroethics
- Longino, Helen E., "Moral Agency and Responsibility: Cautionary Tales from Biology," from Minds and Morals: Essays on Cognitive Science and Ethics, MIT Press, Chapter 15, pp 281-292, 1996.
- Longino, Helen E., "What do We Measure When We Measure Aggression?" from Stud. Hist. Phil Sci., Vol. 32, No. 4, pp 685-704, 2001.
- Pinker, Steven: "The Fear of Nihilism," from The Blank Slate, Chapter 11, pp 186-194, 2002.
The Self in Context
- Cho, Francisca, from The Questions of King Milinda, translated by T.W. Rhys Davids, Book 2, Chapters 1-2, pp 41-88, 1982.
- Farah, Martha J., "Emerging Ethical Issues in Neuroscience," Nature, Vol. 5, No. 11, pp 1123-1129, November 2002.
- Farah, Martha J. and Seth J. Gillihan, "Is Self Special? A Critical Review of Evidence from Experimental Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience," Physiological Bulletin, Vol. 131, No. 1, pp 76-97, 2005.
- Farah, Martha J. and Paul Root Wolpe, "Monitoring and Manipulating Brain Function: New Neuroethics Technologies and Their Ethical Implications," Hastings Center Report, pp 35-45, May-June 2004.
- Gergen, Kenneth J., "The Self: Colonization in Psychology and Society," from Draft for Psychological Thought and Practice Conference, Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences, pp 1-13, July 2003.
- Soloman, Andrew, "Personal History, Anatomy of Melancholy," The New Yorker, pp 46-61, Jan. 12, 1998.
Moral Agency
- Dorff, Elliot, "Fundamental Beliefs that Guide Jewish Social Ethics, " from To Do The Right and Good, Chapter 1, pp 1-18, 2004.
- Dresser, Rebecca, "Criminal Responsibility and the 'Genetics Defense,'" from Genetics and Criminality: the Potential Misuse of Scientific Information in Court, ed. by Botkin Jeffry R. et al, American Psychological Association, Chapter 6, pp 163-173, 1990.
Law
- GAO, "Investigative Techniques: Federal Agency Views on the Potential Application of 'Brain Fingerprinting,'" Unites States General Accounting Office GA0-02-22, October 2001.
- Pope, Stephen J., "Natural Law and Christian Ethics," from The Cambridge Companion to Christian Ethics, ed. by Robin Gill, Cambridge University Press, Chapter 6, pp 77-95, 2001.
- Shapiro, Michael H., "Law, Culpability, and the Neural Science," from The Neurotransmitters Revolution: Serotonin, Social Behavior, and the Law, ed. by Roger D. Masters and Michael T. McGuire, SIU Board of Trustees, Chapter 12, pp 179-202, 1994.
Therapy and Enhancement
- Gold, Paul E., "Drug Enhancement of Memory in Aged Rats and Humans," Animal Research and Human Health: from Advancing Human Welfare Through Behavioral Science, eds. Marilyn E. Carroll and J. Bruce Overmier, American Psychological Association, Chapter 19, pp 293-304, 2001.
- Humphrey, Nicholas, "The Placebo Effect," from The Oxford Companion to the Mind, pp 1-4, 2004.
Social Intervention
- Duster, Troy, "Race and Reification in Science," Science, Vol. 307, pp 1050-1051, February 18, 2005.
- Raichle, Marcus, "Future Images," from The Next Big Thing, Chapter 10, pp 228-245, 1997.
- Rose, Steven, "The Next Big Thing," from The Future of the Brain, Chapter 11, pp 265-29, 2005.
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