Abstract

BISCAIA-FERNANDEZ, José Miguel  and  MOHEDANO-DEL POZO, Rosa Belén. Neuroethics in frames. Rev Med Cine [online]. 2022, vol.18, n.3, pp.249-258.  Epub Nov 07, 2022. ISSN 1885-5210.  https://dx.doi.org/10.14201/rmc.29542.

The rise of neuroscience and neurotechnology seems unstoppable. Each time its therapeutic possibilities and the desire of neuroenhancement become more evident. In this essay we make a descriptive tour of a relatively new hybrid discipline, such as neuroethics, a discipline capable of serving as a deontological framework of the «neuro» professions, also capable of investigating aspects of the human condition traditionally reserved for other areas of knowledge. In addition, taking into account that this «neuro-essentialism» has also reached the film industry, we use science-fiction movies to explain the most important milestones in the neuroscience of ethics, such as the neurobiological origin of free will and moral responsibility.

Keywords : neuroethics; neuroscience; sci-fi; transhumanism; neuroenhancement.

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