Better brains, better selves? The ethics of neuroenhancements

Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 371-395

  Dees, Richard H ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOETHICS; BRAIN; CIVIL RIGHTS; DRUG EFFECT; ETHICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RIGHTS; INDIVIDUALITY; MORALITY; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; SAFETY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

BIOETHICAL ISSUES; BRAIN; CIVIL RIGHTS; COERCION; ETHICAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; NONTHERAPEUTIC HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; SAFETY; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 41449098777     PISSN: 10546863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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