Research and applications of neurotechnology are expanding at a rapid pace, and are fostering. public concerns and debate about the ethical issues generated by such research and use. This second volume in the Advances in Neurotechnology series specifically addresses the neuroethical, legal, and social issues arising from the use of neur
Neurotechnology in National Security and Defense: Practical Considerations, Neuroethical Concerns is the second volume in the Advances in Neurotechnology series. It specifically addresses the neuroethical, legal, and social issues arising from the use of neurotechnology in national security and defense agendas and applications. Of particular concern are the use of various neurotechnologies in military and intelligence operations training, acquisition of neurobiological and cognitive data for intelligence and security, military medical operations, warfighter performance augmentation, and weaponization of neuroscience and neurotechnology. The contributors discuss the neuroethical questions and problems that these applications generate as well as potential solutions that may be required and developed.
The book examines how developments in neurotechnology in national security and defense agendas are impacted by and affect ethical values and constructs, legal considerations, and overall conduct of the social sphere. Presenting an integrative perspective, leading international experts lay the scientific groundwork and establish the premises necessary to appreciate the ethical aspects of neurotechnology in national security and defense.
It is not a question of "if" neurotechnology will be used in such ways, but when, how, and to what extent. Therefore, it is imperative to foster a deeper understanding of neurotechnology, the problems and debates arising from its use in national security and defense, and how such issues can and should be addressed. In doing so, we can guide and govern the use of these innovative neurotechnologies in ways that uphold ethical accountability.
Neurotechnology, Global Relations, and National Security: Shifting
Contexts and Neuroethical Demands. Transitioning Brain Research: From Bench
to Battlefield. Neural Systems in Intelligence and Training Applications.
Neurocognitive Engineering for Systems Development. Neural Mechanisms as
Putative Targets for Warfighter Resilience and Optimal Performance.
Neurotechnology and Operational Medicine. "NEURINT" and Neuroweapons:
Neurotechnologies in National Intelligence and Defense. Brain Brinksmanship:
Devising Neuroweapons Looking at Battlespace, Doctrine, and Strategy. Issues
of Law Raised by Developments and Use of Neuroscience and Neurotechnology in
National Security and Defense. Neuroscience, National Security, and the
Reverse Dual-Use Dilemma. Neuroskepticism: Rethinking the Ethics of
Neuroscience and National Security. Prison Camp or "Prison Clinic?":
Biopolitics, Neuroethics, and National Security. Between Neuroskepticism and
Neurogullibility: The Key Role of Neuroethics in the Regulation and
Mitigation of Neurotechnology in National Security and Defense. Why
Neuroscientists Should Take the Pledge: A Collective Approach to the Misuse
of Neuroscience. Military Neuroenhancement and Risk Assessment. Can (and
Should) We Regulate Neurosecurity?: Lessons from History. Engaging
Neuroethical Issues Generated by the Use of Neurotechnology in National
Security and Defense: Toward Process, Methods, and Paradigm. Postscript: A
Neuroscience and National Security Normative Framework for the Twenty-First
Century. Index.
James Giordano, PhD, is Chief of the Neuroethics Studies Program of the Edmund D. Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics; is a professor on the faculties of the Division of Integrative Physiology/Department of Biochemistry, Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience, and Graduate Liberal Studies Program at Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.; and is a Senior Fellow of the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, a Washington D.C. area think tank devoted to the analysis and guidance of emerging science and technology. He serves on the Neuroethics, Legal and Social Issues Advisory Panel for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), and is a Fellow of the Center for National Preparedness at the University of Pittsburgh, PA. His ongoing research addresses the neuroscience of pain, neuropsychiatric spectrum disorders, the neural bases of moral cognition and action, and the neuroethical issues arising in neuroscientific and neurotechnological research and its applications in medicine, public life, global relations, and national security. In recognition of his ongoing work, he was awarded Germanys Klaus Reichert Prize in Medicine and Philosophy (with longtime collaborator Dr. Roland Benedikter); was named National Distinguished Lecturer of both Sigma Xi, the national research honor society, and IEEE; and was elected to the European Academy of Sciences and Arts.
