Sternberg, Eliezer J.
My brain made me do it : the rise of neuroscience and the threat to moral responsibility / by Eliezer J. Sternberg. - Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2010. - 244 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-238) and index.
Introduction -- The mischievous neuron -- The shadow of determinism -- The essential freedom -- A tempest in the brain -- Neurological disturbance -- The seat of the will -- The somatic-marker hypothesis -- The readiness potential -- The grand illusion -- Neuronal destiny -- The revolution of the brain -- Seeds of corruption -- Morality's end -- The depths of consciousness -- A challenge for experience -- The boundlessness of reason -- Rise of the moral agent -- The palace of the mind.
9781616141653 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2009047762
Responsibility.
Free will and determinism.
Mind and body.
Neurosciences.
BJ1451 / .S695 2010
123/.5
My brain made me do it : the rise of neuroscience and the threat to moral responsibility / by Eliezer J. Sternberg. - Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2010. - 244 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-238) and index.
Introduction -- The mischievous neuron -- The shadow of determinism -- The essential freedom -- A tempest in the brain -- Neurological disturbance -- The seat of the will -- The somatic-marker hypothesis -- The readiness potential -- The grand illusion -- Neuronal destiny -- The revolution of the brain -- Seeds of corruption -- Morality's end -- The depths of consciousness -- A challenge for experience -- The boundlessness of reason -- Rise of the moral agent -- The palace of the mind.
9781616141653 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2009047762
Responsibility.
Free will and determinism.
Mind and body.
Neurosciences.
BJ1451 / .S695 2010
123/.5