My brain made me do it : the rise of neuroscience and the threat to moral responsibility /
Sternberg, Eliezer J.
Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books,
2010.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- The nefarious 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.
Free will and determinism.
Responsibility.
Ethics.
Neurosciences.