My brain made me do it : the rise of neuroscience and the threat to moral responsibility / by Eliezer J. Sternberg.

Author: Sternberg, Eliezer J.

Imprint:Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2010.

Description244 p. ; 23 cm.

Note:Introduction -- The mischievous neuron -- The shadow of determinism -- The essential freedom -- A tempest in the brain -- Neurological disturbance -- The seat of the will -- The somatic-marker hypothesis -- The readiness potential -- The grand illusion -- Neuronal destiny -- The revolution of the brain -- Seeds of corruption -- Morality's end -- The depths of consciousness -- A challenge for experience -- The boundlessness of reason -- Rise of the moral agent -- The palace of the mind.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references.

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