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A Better Brain: The Ethics of Neuro-enhancement

The neuroethics of cosmetic psychopharmacology. Four hypothetical situations (with real parallels) are debated by major thinkers on a panel at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism: a person who wants to take a drug for narcolepsy to stay awake in order to work more, a parent considering giving their child a psych med to help with social skills, healthy students who take “Rememberall, made by Hype Pharmaceuticals” to enhance studying, and memory dampening. Highlights. Close captioned.

Producer: Fred Friendly Seminars, Annenberg Media	Featuring: John Hockenberry, John Abramson, Arthur Caplan, Lawrence Diller, Martha Farah, Joshua Foer, Michael Gazzaniga, William B. Hurlbut, Peter Augustine Lawler, Gary Lynch, Michael Sandel, Sally Satel, Antonin Scalia, Tim Tully
Format: wmv	Date: 2006
Length: 00:56:45
http://www.learner.org/series/ethics2/better_brain/index.html?pop=yes&pid=2249#
Tags:brain, close_captioned, cognitive, cog_sci, neuroethics, psychopharmacology, rockstars, video

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