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Gray Matters: Topics at the Intersection of Neuroscience, Ethics, and Society

Gray Matters: Topics at the Intersection of Neuroscience, Ethics, and Society is the second volume of the Bioethics Commission's two-part response to President Obama’s request related to the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative. In this report, the Bioethics Commission broadly focused its analysis on three particularly controversial topics that illustrate the ethical tensions and societal implications of advancing neuroscience and technology: cognitive enhancement, consent capacity, and neuroscience and the legal system.

Transcript, Meeting 20, Opening Remarks and Session 6

SESSION 6: MEMBER DISCUSSION

DR. GUTMANN:  Good morning, everyone.  I'm Amy Gutmann, I'm president of the University of Pennsylvania, and have the privilege of chairing the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues.  On behalf of myself and my vice chair, our vice chair, Jim Wagner, the president of Emory University, I would like to welcome you back to the second day of our 20th meeting.

Let me begin by noting the presence of our designated federal official, Bioethics Commission Executive Director Lisa M. Lee.  Lisa, welcome.

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Fri, 02/06/2015

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