PHIL347

This course introduces students to neuroethics a burgeoning field in philosophy conducting research in the intersection of neuroscience and ethics. In this course, we'll be asking what ethical questions neuroscience raises and what ethical questions it helps to answer. Students will encounter questions and issue such as the nature of free will, ethical implications of brain manipulation, the relation between moral responsibility and mental disorder, the ethics of moral enhancement, the nature of moral judgement, feminist critique of neuroethical research, the challenges of motivated reasoning, the ethics of brain reading, among others.

CE - CL (Cross Listed), GE - T2-INDV (Tier 2 Individuals & Societies), GEED - EPHUM (Gen Ed: EP Humanist)

Two courses from Tier One, Individuals and Societies (INDV 101, 102, 103).