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PENN NEUROETHICS PROGRAM

Penn Neuroethics Program Talk Series

Talks take place from 4 to 5 PM, with pizza, beer and discussion from 5 to 5:30 PM in the Conference Room at the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, 3810 Walnut Street, at the University of Pennsylvania. For more information contact neuroethics@ccn.upenn.edu

In the future we hope to have downloadable videos of these and previous lectures available.


September 27, 2007
Eric Racine, Institut de recherches cliniques de Montreal

Ethics in chronic disorders of consciousness: Identifying key public understanding challenges based on the Schiavo saga.


October 25, 2007
Martha Farah, University of Pennsylvania

21st Century Neuroethics: From Lab and Clinic to Home, School & Office


November 29, 2007
Adam Kolber, University of San Diego School of Law

The Subjective Experience of Punishment


January 31, 2008
Stephen Morse, University of Pennsylvania

Determinism and the Death of Folk Psychology: Two Challenges to Responsibility from Neuroscience


February 28, 2008
John Tresch, University of Pennsylvania

Meetings with Buddhist Brains


March 27, 2008
Adrian Raine, University of Pennsylvania

Neuroethical Considerations in Biological Research on Violence


April 24, 2008
Stacey Ake, Drexel University

The Brain or the Mind: What Makes Us Individual?


May 29, 2008
Paul Root Wolpe, University of Pennsylvania

Neuroimaging and the Fifth Amendment: Is Thinking Protected?


 

Past Talks

2007

*February 22, 2007
Ilina Singh, London School of Economics

Neuroethics in the Clinic: Moral self-understandings in boys taking stimulant drug medication for ADHD

                
*Location: Hall of Flags, Houston Hall


April 19, 2007
Neil Levy, University of Melbourne

Self-Deception and Anosognosia: A Case Study in Neuroethics
      


May 17, 2007
Adam Shriver, Washington University    

Minding Mammals: Pain and Suffering in Nonhuman Animals                  


June 21, 2007
Jonathan Moreno, University of Virginia

 Human-Nonhuman Neural Chimeras: The Next Big Bioethics Thing?


2006

February 23, 2006
Joshua Greene, Princeton University

"The Moral Brain: Its Structure and Quirks."


March 30, 2006
Anjan Chatterjee, University of Pennsylvania

"Cosmetic Neurology: Promises, Perils & Predictions."


April 27, 2006
Deborah Denno, Fordham University School of Law

"The Law & Science of Human Consciousness."


May 25, 2006
Jonathan Moreno, University of Virginia

"Mind Wars: Ethics, National Security & the Brain."


September 21, 2006
James Hughes, Trinity College

"Liberty in the Neurotechnology Era."


October 12, 2006
Paul Bloom, Yale University

"Natural-born Dualists."


November 16, 2006
Andrew Newberg, University of Pennsylvania

"Brain, Beliefs, and Ethics."


December 14, 2006
Nancey Murphy, Fuller Theological Seminary

"From Neuroscience to Politics - Without a Soul."