Drugs, Praise, and Creativity (Gavin Enck)
It is generally accepted that a person is permitted to use a drug to augment their creativity ranging from coffee, alcohol, to psychotropic and hallucinogenic drugs. People using drugs often create beautiful paintings, pieces of music, or write great literature.... (Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog)
Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog - February 28, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Gavin Enck Source Type: blogs
Klaming & Koops on Neuroscientific Evidence in the Netherlands
Recently Posted to SSRN: "Neuroscientific Evidence and Criminal Responsibility in the Netherlands" INTERNATIONAL NEUROLAW: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS, pp. 227-256, T.M. Spranger, ed., Heidelberg etc, Springer, 2012 Laura Klaming, Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology and Society (TILT); Tilburg University - Private... (Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog)
Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog - February 24, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: NELB Staff Source Type: blogs
Video: Richard Benthall on Treating Psychosis
The Institute of Art and Ideas in London has recently released a video of clinical psychologist Richard Benthall discussing conventional methods for Treating Pyschosis. The video was released at the Institute's annual Philosphy and Ideas Festival, HowTheLightGetsIn. For access to... (Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog)
Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog - February 24, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: NELB Staff Source Type: blogs
Law & Science Young Scholars Informal Symposium
The 2013 Law & Science Young Scholars Informal Symposium will take place on June 18th, 2013 at the University of Pavia (Italy). "The Symposium creates a forum for post-graduate scholars, PhD students and early-career researchers working in the area of... (Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog)
Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog - February 24, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: NELB Staff Source Type: blogs
WWVPD (What Would a Virtuous Person Do?) (Gavin Enck)
(work in progress) Imagine an ideal virtuous person named Edith. She not only possesses certain virtues, but also has the practical wisdom to act accordingly in a given situation for the right reasons. Edith (or any person like her) has... (Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog)
Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog - February 20, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Gavin Enck Source Type: blogs
Symposium: "Law & Policy of the Developing Brain: Neuroscience from Womb to Death"
The Hastings Law Journal has published a symposium issue, entitled "Law & Policy of the Developing Brain: Neuroscience from Womb to Death." You can find links here. (Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog)
Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog - February 19, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Adam Kolber Source Type: blogs
Kolber on "Against Proportional Punishment"
It's not especially neuro-related, but here's a forthcoming paper of mine (Vanderbilt Law Review, Vol. 66) that I recently posted to SSRN. I'm still editing it, and feedback is welcome. You can download the full text here: "Against Proportional Punishment"... (Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog)
Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog - February 19, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Adam Kolber Source Type: blogs
The Tension Between Philosophy and the World (Gavin Enck)
In certain areas, such as the neuroscience of moral judgment, philosophers have a tendency to overextend the claims that recent research and advances in neuroscience are taken to support. Yet, in other areas, such as metaphysics of free will or... (Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog)
Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog - February 13, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Gavin Enck Source Type: blogs
A Free Choice that Wasn’t (Gavin Enck)
(This is a work in progress) In medicine a patient has both the ethical and legal right to refuse medical treatment even if denying such treatment are to lead to the patient’s death. At least one of the conditions for... (Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog)
Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog - February 7, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Gavin Enck Source Type: blogs
Sydney Conference on "Rationality + Consciousness= Free Will"
See below for information from the organizers: Rationality + Consciousness = Free Will: Legal and Philosophical Reflections 4 May 2013 Registrations open shortly ____________________________________________________________ David Hodgson's final book,Rationality + Consciousness = Free Will(Oxford University Press 2012), published in the year... (Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog)
Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog - February 5, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Adam Kolber Source Type: blogs
ADHD might not be a “real” medical condition or disorder, but neither is Erectile Dysfunction; and that’s okay (Gavin Enck)
Medicalization is defined as “a process in which non-medical problems become defined and treated as medical problems, usually in terms of illness and spending” (Conrad, Mackie and Mehrotra 2010, 1943). According to Peter Conrad (2007; 2010), medicalization is a social... (Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog)
Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog - February 4, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Gavin Enck Source Type: blogs
Introduction (Gavin Enck)
Hello to readers of the Neuroethics and law Blog. My name is Gavin Enck and I am going to be the guest blogger for the month of February. I thought it would best to provide an introduction. I received my... (Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog)
Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog - February 3, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Gavin Enck Source Type: blogs
On The Relevance of Neuroscience to Criminal Law [by Katrina Sifferd]
This will be my last post as a guest blogger. Thanks so much to Adam for inviting me to contribute. Much of the argument below was adapted from a chapter I wrote for this forthcoming OUP volume edited by Nicole... (Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog)
Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog - January 30, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Katrina Sifferd Source Type: blogs
Book Review: "Enhancing Human Capacities"
Review of Julian Savulescu, Ruud ter Meulen and Guy Kahane eds., Enhancing Human Capacities by Thomas Johnson has been published in the most recent issue of Neuroethics. (Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog)
Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog - January 28, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: NELB Staff Source Type: blogs
"The Impact of Neuroscience and Genetics on the Law: A Recent Italian Case"
The Impact of Neuroscience and Genetics on the Law: A Recent Italian Case by M. Farisco and C. Petrini has been published in the most recent issue of Neuroethics: Abstract The use of genetic testing and neuroscientific evidence in legal... (Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog)
Source: Neuroethics and Law Blog - January 25, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: NELB Staff Source Type: blogs
