Forward Look meeting 2006
The ethical issues raised by advances in the neurosciences
What do we mean by consciousness? Neuroimaging offers new insights into the physical processes underlying mental states and challenges how we understand them. Will it become possible to predict intention, deception and intelligence, and if so, what are the potential uses of this information for employment and in solving crime? Will we begin to attribute achievements to the use of cognitive enhancers rather than accomplishment by individuals?
Neuroscience workshop
These are some of the questions that members of the Council and invited guests considered at the Forward Look seminar in May 2006, which focussed on ethical issues raised by advances in neuroscience. The discussions highlighted that this is a very wide-reaching topic and that the Council would need to select a particular area of neuroscience in any future work.
To download a note of the meeting click here.
Last Updated Mon, 9 July 2007