Judy Illes|Éric Racine
Imaging or Imagining? A Neuroethics Challenge Informed by Genetics
Stanford University|Stanford University
twentyfirst century partnership bioethics neuroscience modern field neuroethics emerging technologies enabling functional neuroimaging unprecedented sensitivity brought new ethical social legal issues forefront issues akin surrounding modern genetics raise critical questions regarding prediction disease privacy identity however new stillevolving insights neurobiology previously unquantifiable features profoundly personal behaviors social attitude value moral agency difficulty carefully properly interpreting relationship brain findings selfconcept unprecedented therefore ethics genetics provides legitimate starting pointeven backbonefor tackling ethical issues neuroimaging suffice drawing recent neuroimaging findings plausible realworld applications argue interpretation neuroimaging data key epistemological ethical challenge challenge twofold first scientific level sheer complexity neuroscience research poses challenges integration knowledge meaningful interpretation data second social cultural level find interpretations imaging studies bound cultural anthropological frameworks particular introduction concepts self personhood neuroimaging illustrates interaction interpretation levels major reason ethical reflection genetics partially help settle neuroethical issues indeed ethical interpretation findings necessitate traditional bioethical input also wider perspective construction scientific knowledge