Neuroethics Theme Group

The Neuroethics Theme Group of the Neuroscience Institute at Stanford meets on a quarterly basis. It is dedicated to:

Exploring the ethics of neuroscience by receiving neuroscience researchers, ethicists and other scholars to discuss the ethical issues emerging in neuroscience and related medical practice.

Exploring the neuroscience of ethics by receiving speakers to discuss how neuroscience may change how we view morals and human behavior.

Providing continued education and open dialogue based on interdisciplinary discussion with the hope of stimulating reflection and creating new collaborations.

Meetings are held from 12:00-1:00 pm. All are welcome.

Upcoming presentation:

Most recent presentation:

Dr. Neil Levy. Seminar in response to Owen et al. Science paper. --April 11, 2007

Past presentations:

Tom Buller, Ph.D. " Agency and Neuroscience" -- April 3, 2007
Tamami Fukushi, Ph.D. "Neuroethics in Japan"
Jean-Pierre Dupuy, Ph.D., "Do We Shape Technologies, or Do They Shape Us?"
Eric Racine, "Neuroethics and Print Media Coverage of Frontier Neurotechnology."
Maarten Lansberg, "Quality of Life, Ethics, and Prognosis of Critically-Ill Neurological Patients."
Joachim Hallmayer, "Some Ethical Considerations in Current Psychiatric Genetics Research."
Jennifer Eberhardt, “Race and the Visual Imagination.”
Agnieszka Jaworska, “Ethics of Neuroscience and Neuroscience of Ethics: Case Studies on Alzheimer's Disease, Addiction, and Sociopathy.”
Carl Feinstein, "Pediatric Psychopharmacology."
Carl Pabo, “Theories of Thought.”
Jamie Henderson, “Neuroethics In The Operating Room: Functional Neurosurgical Interventions.”
William Casebeer, “Neuroscience and Moral Agency - A Compatibilist Account.”

If you wish to subscribe to the Neuroethics Theme Group mailing list, please call (650) 736-7939.