Published April, 2016
By Matthew L. Baum
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
Series: Oxford Series in Neuroscience, Law, and Philosophy
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Neuroscientists are mining nucleic acids, fluids, and brain images for biomarkers of risk of brain disorders. This book brings clarity to several debates on the neuroethics of biomarkers by arguing for the abandonment of a categorical concept of disorder (sick vs. well) and the adoption of an explicitly probabilistic one.

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Published March, 2016
By Walter Sinnott-Armstrong
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
Series: Oxford Series in Neuroscience, Law, and Philosophy
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The prominent contributors provide background information, survey the issues and positions, and take controversial stands from a wide variety of perspectives, including neuroscience and neurology, law and policy, and philosophy and ethics.

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Published April, 2013
By Kent A. Kiehl, Walter P. Sinnott-Armstrong and Walter Sinnott-Armstrong
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
Series: Oxford Series in Neuroscience, Law, and Philosophy
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Psychopaths constitute less than 1% of the general population, but they commit a much larger proportion of crime and violence in society. This volume chronicles the latest science of psychopathy, various ways that psychopaths challenge the criminal justice system, and the major ethical issues arising from this fascinating condition.

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Published March, 2013
By Nicole A. Vincent
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
Series: Oxford Series in Neuroscience, Law, and Philosophy
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Adopting a broadly compatibilist approach, this volume's authors argue that the behavioral and mind sciences do not threaten the moral foundations of legal responsibility. Rather, these sciences provide fresh insight into human agency and updated criteria as well as powerful diagnostic and intervention tools for assessing and altering minds.

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