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Joshua May, Neuroethics: Agency in the Age of Brain Science, Oxford University Press, 2023, 344pp., $29.95 (pbk), ISBN 9780197648094.
Reviewed by Andrea Lavazza, Pegaso University
Reviewed by Andrea Lavazza, Pegaso University
Neuroethics is a young discipline with still-blurred boundaries, situated at the crossroads of neurology and philosophy. Yet it has successfully positioned itself within one of the most fascinating and implication-rich scientific domains of our time—and likely of the times to come. What could be more crucial than understanding how our brain works and uncovering the material foundations of our mind, especially in an age that has embraced naturalism—understood as the rejection of anything not empirically investigable—as one of its intellectual cornerstones?
From the discoveries of cognitive neuroscience—the field that studies the neural correlates of our higher-order functions—branch out developments that promise to significantly affect both our personal and social lives. Are we truly free and worthy of praise or blame, or are we instead a…
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