Neuroscience May Supersede Ethics and Law

Science and Engineering Ethics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 433-437

  Scott, Thomas R ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crime; Free will; Functional MRI; Law; Magnetoencephalography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN; CRIMINAL LAW; ETHICS; HUMAN; MORALITY; NEUROSCIENCE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SCIENCE; TECHNOLOGY;

BRAIN; CRIMINAL LAW; HUMANS; MORALS; NEUROSCIENCES; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SCIENCE; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84868195424     PISSN: 13533452     EISSN: 16605454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-012-9351-1     Document Type: Article

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