Pragmatic neuroethics : improving treatment and understanding of the mind-brain / Eric Racine.

Cambridge, Mass. ; London : MIT Press, [2010], ©2010.

xix, 267 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Salient challenges in modern neuroethics -- Reviewing past and current neuroethics : definitions, attributes, and perspectives -- Pragmatic naturalism in bioethics -- Neuroethics : exploring the implications of pragmatic naturalism -- Public understanding of neuroscience innovation and emerging interpretations of neuroscience research -- Enhancement of performance with neuropharmaceuticals : pragmatism and the culture wars -- Disorders of consciousness in an evolving neuroscience context -- Communication of prognosis in disorders of consciousness and severe brain injury : a closer look at paradoxical discourses in the clinical and public domains -- Social neuroscience : a pragmatic epistemological and ethical framework for the neuroscience of ethics -- Conclusion : neuroethics and future challenges for neuroscience, ethics, and society.

Includes bibliographical references and index.