Readings

• May, Neuroethics, ch. 1, pp. 3–14Required text

• PCN Appendix, pp. 552–561PDF
• May, Appendix A.2, pp. 23–31 (Brain Basics)Required text

• Neuro6 ch. 6, p. 113 and pp. 131–135 (Biogenic Amines)PDF
• Neuro6 ch. 5, pp. 88–91PDFOptional

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• PCN ch. 2, pp. 38–48PDF

• Farah, “Neuroscience and Neuroethics in the 21st Century,” pp. 761–777PDF
• May, Appendix A.1, pp. 15–22 (Philosophy Primer)Required text

• May, ch. 2, pp. 35–61Required text
• PCN ch. 5, pp. 144–149PDF
• Seth, ch. 11 (Degrees of Freedom)OptionalRequired text

• May, ch. 6, pp. 149–173Required text
• Greene et al., “An fMRI Investigation of Emotional Engagement in Moral Judgment”PDF
• PCN ch. 10, pp. 340–345PDF
• Crockett, “Models of Morality”PDFOptional

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• May, ch. 5, pp. 119–144Required text
• PCN ch. 14, pp. 470–476PDF

• Pickard, Introduction (pp. 1–20) and ch. 6 (pp. 81–92)Required text
• Pickard, ch. 1 (pp. 23–35)OptionalRequired text

• Pickard, ch. 4 (pp. 48–61) and ch. 19 (pp. 251–269)Required text
• Pickard, chs. 16–18 (pp. 217–250)OptionalRequired text

• Heyman, “One Cheer for the Brain-Disease Interpretation of Addiction”PDF
• Sripada, “The Case for a Common Currency of Value”PDF
• Neuro6 ch. 31, pp. 718–721PDF
• Pickard, ch. 8 (pp. 101–111)OptionalRequired text

• Letheby, ch. 2, §§2.1–2.4 (pp. 8–27)PDF
• Letheby, ch. 3, §§3.1–3.3 (pp. 39–53)PDF

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• Letheby, ch. 2, §§2.5–2.6 (pp. 27–38)PDF
• Letheby, ch. 8, §§8.1–8.3 (pp. 160–172) + §8.8 (pp. 194–195)PDF
• Neuro6 ch. 8, pp. 176–188PDF
• Letheby, ch. 6 (pp. 110–123)PDFOptional

• Letheby, ch. 7, §§7.1–7.5 (pp. 124–143) + §7.7 (pp. 146–152)PDF
• Letheby, ch. 9 (pp. 196–204)PDF

• Midterm study guideDOCX

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Monday class schedule

• Seth, Being You, Prologue + chs. 1–2Required text
• Neuro6 ch. 28, pp. 660–664PDF
• Seth, ch. 3 (Phi)OptionalRequired text

• Seth, chs. 4–5Required text
• PCN ch. 3, pp. 69–76 + Box 3C (p. 78)PDF
• Seth, ch. 6OptionalRequired text

• Seth, chs. 8–9Required text
• PCN ch. 11, pp. 361–367PDF
• Neuro6 ch. 21, pp. 478–481PDF
• Seth, ch. 10OptionalRequired text

• Andrews, “All Animals Are Conscious”PDF
• PCN ch. 15, pp. 514–520PDF

• Carruthers, Human and Animal Minds: The Consciousness Questions Laid to Rest, ch. 7 (pp. 140–164)PDF
• Sebo, “Everything and Nothing Is Conscious”PDF
• PCN ch. 15, pp. 529–535PDF

• Seth, chs. 12–13Required text
• Dung, “Tests of Animal Consciousness Are Tests of Machine Consciousness”PDF

• Bau et al., “Understanding the Role of Individual Units in a Deep Neural Network”PDF
• Hildt, “The Prospects of Artificial Consciousness”PDF

• May, ch. 4, pp. 93–116Required text
• PCN ch. 11, Intro Box (p. 360)PDF

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• Shields & Beversdorf, “A Dilemma for Neurodiversity”PDF
• Swanson et al., “ADHD: Defining a Spectrum Disorder”PDF
• Neuro6 ch. 25, pp. 571–580PDF

• Arnaud & Gibson, “Neurodiversity, Identity, and Hypostatic Abstraction”PDF
• Neuro6 ch. 33, pp. 758–760PDF

• Roskies, “Agency and Intervention”PDF
• Schönau et al., “Mapping the Dimensions of Agency”PDF
• Neuro6 ch. 18, pp. 414–421 (including p. 419 on DBS)PDF

No class

• Corrales Tauil et al., “Living with Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson’s Disease”PDF

• Chatterjee, “Cosmetic Neurology”PDF
• May, ch. 7, pp. 175–199Required text
• PCN ch. 8, pp. 270–276PDF

• Gordon & Dunn, “Pharmacological Cognitive Enhancement and Cheapened Achievement”PDF
• Mann & Sahakian, “The Increasing Lifestyle Use of Modafinil by Healthy People: Safety and Ethical Issues”PDF

• Petersen & Lippert-Rasmussen, “Neuro-Doping and Fairness”PDF
• Minerva, “Should Couch Potatoes Be Encouraged to Use tDCS?”PDF

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No class

• May, ch. 9, pp. 229–256Required text
• PCN ch. 2, pp. 42–45 + Box 14C (p. 498)PDF

• Farahany, “Mental Manipulation”PDF
• López-Silva et al., “Neurotechnological Applications and the Protection of Mental Privacy”PDF

• Istace, “Exploring the Essence of the Freedom of Thought”PDF
• Persson & Savulescu, “The Impossibility of a Moral Right to Privacy”PDFOptional

• May, ch. 10, pp. 261–272Required text

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