Neuroethics Bibliography
Post Date: 02/01/2013
The following sources do not necessarily reflect the Center's position or values. These sources, however, are excellent resources for familiarizing oneself with the all sides of the issue.
Neuroethics
- Battro, Antonio M., Kurt W. Fischer, and Pierre J. Léna, eds. The Educated Brain: Essays in Neuroeducation. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008.
- Farah, Martha J. Neuroethics: An Introduction with Readings. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2010.
- Illes, Judy, and B.J. Sahakian. Oxford Handbook of Neuroethics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011.
- Levy, Neil. Neuroethics: Challenges for the 21st Century. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007.
- Marcus, Steven J. Neuroethics: Mapping the Field. Washington, DC: Dana, 2004.
- Moffett, Shannon. The Three-pound Enigma: The Human Brain and the Quest to Unlock Its Mysteries. Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin, 2006.
- Oakley, Barbara. Evil Genes: Why Rome Fell, Hitler Rose, Enron Failed, and My Sister Stole My Mother's Boyfriend. Amherst, NY: Prometheus, 2007.
- Sirius, R.U. True Mutations. Oakland, CA: Pollinator, 2007.
Scientific Perspectives
- Gazzaniga, Michael S. The Ethical Brain: The Science of Our Moral Dilemmas. Washington, DC: Dana, 2005.
- Glannon, Walter. Bioethics and the Brain. New York: Oxford University Press, 2007.
- __________, ed. Defining Right and Wrong in Brain Science: Essential Readings in Neuroethics. Washington, DC: Dana, 2007.
- Iacoboni, Marco. Mirroring People: The New Science of How We Connect with Others. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008.
- Kandel, Eric R. In Search of Memory: The Emergence of a New Science of Mind. New York: W. W. Norton, 2006.
- Posner, Jerome B., Clifford B. Saper, Nicholas D. Schiff, and Fred Plum. Plum and Posner's Diagnosis of Stupor and Coma. 4th ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 2007.
- Roco, Mihail C., and William Sims, eds. Converging Technologies for Improving Human Performance: Nanotechnology, Biotechnology, Information Technology and Cognitive Science. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer, 2003.
Philosophical Perspectives
- Baer, John, James C. Kaufman, and Roy F. Baumeister, eds. Are We Free? Psychology and Free Will.New York: Oxford University Press, 2008.
- Bailey, Ronald. Liberation Biology: The Scientific and Moral Case for the Biotech Revolution. Amherst, NY: Prometheus, 2005.
- Beauregard, Mario, and Denyse O’Leary. The Spiritual Brain: A Neuroscientist’s Case for the Existence of the Soul. New York: HarperOne, 2007.
- Gillett, Grant. Subjectivity and Being Somebody: Human Identity and Neuroethics. Charlottesville, VA: Imprint Academic, 2008.
- Gordijn, Bert. Scientific and Philosophical Perspectives in Neuroethics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010.
- Restak, Richard. The New Brain: How the Modern Age Is Rewiring Your Mind. Emmaus, PA: Rodale, 2004.
- Rose, Nikolas. The Politics of Life Itself: Biomedicine, Power, and Subjectivity in the Twenty-first Century. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2006.
- Ruse, Michael, ed. The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Biology. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008.
- Walter, Henrik. Neurophilosophy of Free Will: From Libertarian Illusions to a Concept of Natural Autonomy. Translated by Cynthia Klohr. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2001.
Clinical and Policy
- Ackerman, Sandra J. Hard Science, Hard Choices: Facts, Ethics, and Policies Guiding Brain Science Today. Washington, DC: Dana, 2006.
- Bush, Shane S. Ethical Decision Making in Clinical Neuropsychology. New York: Oxford University Press, 2007.
- Chatterjee, Anjan and Martha J. Farah. Neuroethics in Practice. New York: Oxford University Press, 2013.
- Denney, Robert L., and James P. Sullivan. Clinical Neuropsychology in the Criminal Forensic Setting. New York: Guilford, 2008.
- Illes, Judy. Neuroethics: Defining the Issues in Theory, Practice and Policy. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005.
Updated February 2013






