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J Undergrad Neurosci Educ
December 2024
Berman Institute of Bioethics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205; Center for Teaching Excellence and Innovation, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205.
Students are thinking about ethical, moral, and societal implications of science-as individuals and communities- regardless of whether these topics are part of formal curricula. Ethical questions can arise from broad neuroscientific questions (What is consciousness?), emerging topics (e.g.
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July 2024
Department of Philosophy, Savery Hall, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA.
Neurotechnological cognitive enhancement has become an area of intense scientific, policy, and ethical interest. However, while work has increasingly focused on ethical views of the general public, less studied are those with personal connections to cognitive impairment. Using a mixed-methods design, we surveyed attitudes regarding implantable neurotechnological cognitive enhancement in individuals who self-identified as having increased likelihood of developing dementia (n=25; 'Our Study'), compared to a nationally representative sample of Americans (n=4726; 'Pew Study').
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January 2025
Center for Consciousness Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Studies have shown that some covertly conscious brain-injured patients, who are behaviorally unresponsive, can reply to simple questions via neuronal responses. Given the possibility of such neuronal responses, Andrew Peterson et al. have argued that there is warrant for some covertly conscious patients being included in low-stakes medical decisions using neuronal responses, which could protect and enhance their autonomy.
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December 2024
Philosophy, Politics, and Economics Program, Bowie State University, Bowie, MD.
CNS Spectr
December 2024
Faculty of Philosophy and Neurobioethics Research Group (GdN), Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum (APRA), Rome, Italy.
This article presents a comprehensive neuroethical framework that seeks to deepen our understanding of human consciousness and free will, particularly in the context of psychiatric and neurological disorders. By integrating insights from neuroscience with philosophical reflections on freedom and personal identity, the paper examines how various states of consciousness from interoception to self-awareness influence an individual's autonomy and decision-making capabilities. The discussion utilizes a multidimensional, bottom-up approach to explore how neurobiological processes underlie different levels of conscious experience and their corresponding types of freedom, such as "intero-freedom" related to internal bodily states and "self-freedom" associated with higher self-awareness.
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