Course Details
Country:
Korea, South
Institution:
External - Pusan National University
Course Title:
Technology, Neuroethics, & Global Society
Course Number:
Course Description:
Technology, ethical issues in neurobiology and global matters interrelate for myriad reasons. To begin with, either researching or medically treating the brain is a technologically intensive big-business enterprise, with complexities amplified by agendas like Elon Musk’s NeuroLink, which aims to wire brains into computers and the internet for work and entertainment purposes. Undertakings such as this raise a range of questions pertaining to the ethics of research, medicine and human augmentation, also relating to broader issues such as potentially unfair distribution of resources and increased stratification of society. Global questions are similarly numerous. One of them is that religious and cultural understandings of self may imply the acceptability or impermissibility of certain medical treatments. Another is the impact of social media on brain development, which may vary with place and have political and health ramifications. Likewise, place-based factors may lead us to question Western assumptions about whether certain neurological and
Language:
English
Approved Equivalent:
INTS 399, GLOA 480
