Neurotechnology in National Security, Intelligence, and Defense: Neuroethical Imperatives to Avoid "Icarus folly"

Date: 02/14/2012, 10:00-12:00h

Location:
Institut für Wissenschaft und Ethik
Seminarraum
Bonner Talweg 57
53113 Bonn

Speaker: Prof. Dr. James Giordano, PhD, MPhil (Director of the Center for Neurotechnology Studies, Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, USA and Fulbright Guest Professor of Neuroscience, Neurotechnology, and Ethics at the Human Science Center, Ludwig Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany)

Description: This lecture provides a brief overview of the capabilities ans limitations of current neurotechnologies that are being regarded for such application(s), adresses these limitations as a fundamental consideration for assessing technically apt use, and examines neuroethical issues arising in and from such employment of neuroS/T, toward proposing guidelines and policies to 1) ensure technical rectitude and ethico-legal probity, and 2) mitigate misuse.

Please register via email by Tuesday, 7 February 2012.

Contact:
Sven Knauer
Institut für Wissenschaft und Ethik
Bonner Talweg 57
53113 Bonn
Phone: 0228-3364-1965
knauer@iwe.uni-bonn.de
http://www.iwe.uni-bonn.de/

Organizer: BMBF-Nachwuchsforschergruppe "Normierung in den modernen Lebenswissenschaften", Institut für Wissenschaft und Ethik, Universität Bonn

Program coordination: PD Dr. Tade Matthias Spranger

Keywords: research ethics; brain research; technology ethics; ethics and science