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Discussion Highlights on Ethical Issues Related to Neuroscience
In a roundtable discussion that ended today’s meeting, Amy Gutmann, Ph.D., President of the University of Pennsylvania and the Chair of the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (Bioethics Commission), emphasized that “we have two big buckets here, one is the ethics of neuroscience research, and the other is the potential applications and […]
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Neuroscience: What’s Going On Around the Globe?
At today’s meeting examining the ethical issues surrounding neuroscience research and neuroscientific advances, the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (Bioethics Commission) turned its attention to neuroscience and bioethical initiatives taking place around the world. Nikolas Rose, Ph.D. is a member of the European Union’s Human Brain Project’s Social and Ethical Division Steering […]
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How Some Private Sector Representatives Address Ethical Issues
The second session in today’s meeting of the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (Bioethics Commission) brought together representatives from the private sector to discuss how they identify and address ethical issues in neuroscience research. The question before the panel: ‘How does your institute currently address ethical issues related to neuroscience research?’ Terrence […]
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Integrating Ethics and Neuroscience Through Education
Today’s meeting of The Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (Bioethics Commission) began with a session on how ethics are integrated into science education in general, and into neuroscience education in particular. The Commission members heard first from Mildred Z. Solomon, Ed.D. President of the Hastings Center. Dr. Solomon emphasized that scientists are […]
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Beyond BRAIN: Bioethics Commission to Look Broadly at Ethical Issues in Neuroscience
On July 1, 2013, President Obama requested that the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (Bioethics Commission) review the ethical considerations of neuroscience research and its application. The impetus for this request was the launch of the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative. Dr. Amy Gutmann, the President of the University […]
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Live from Washington, D.C.
Welcome to the live blog for the fifteenth public meeting of the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (Bioethics Commission). The Bioethics Commission is meeting in Washington, D.C. today, December 18, 2013, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., ET. Today, the Bioethics Commission will continue its discussion of neuroscience and related ethical issues. […]
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The Role of the Bioethics Commission as it Examines the Field of Neuroscience
On December 18, 2013, the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (the Bioethics Commission) will hold a public meeting to discuss neuroscience and related ethical issues. In July 2013, as part of the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative, President Obama charged the Bioethics Commission to review and make recommendations on […]
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Pedagogical Materials in Support of Bioethics Education
The Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (the Bioethics Commission) is pleased to announce the release of new pedagogical materials for bioethics education. An essay introducing the Bioethics Commission’s new materials and outlining the Commission’s commitment to bioethics education is featured in the newly published September-October 2013 issue of the Hastings Center Report. […]
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Discussion Highlights on Neuroscience and Related Ethical Issues
In a roundtable discussion, the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (the Bioethics Commission) today discussed the ethical issues related to neuroscience research, as a part of the BRAIN (Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies) Initiative. Discussion highlights included: “Neuroscience and brain studies in particular bring us closer to the question of who […]
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Laying an Ethical Foundation for the BRAIN Initiative
In the final session of today’s meeting of the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (the Bioethics Commission), Commission members heard from Deborah Johnson, Ph.D., M.Phil., M.A., Anne Shirley Carter Olsson Professor of Applied Ethics, of the Science, Technology, and Society Program in the Department of Engineering and Society at the University of […]
