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Nos finais do século xx, a Neuroética surgiu como um novo domínio de investigação interdisciplinar, com vista a reflectir sobre os desafios éticos que os avanços neurocientíficos e neurotecnológicos mais recentes vieram colocar. O presente artigo tem como objectivo apresentar as principais questões filosóficas decorrentes da neuroética e mostrar como podem ser subsumidas no amplo problema filosófico da identidade pessoal. Este artigo procura desenvolver esta perspectiva a partir de três ideias centrais: 1) o cérebro e a mente podem ser considerados a origem da identidade pessoal; como toda a intervenção cerebral pode afectar a natureza e o conteúdo da mente, segue-se que pode alterar a identidade pessoal; 2) por seu turno, a manipulação médica e directa do cérebro coloca, sob uma nova perspectiva, o problema filosófico da liberdade e responsabilidade humana; 3) finalmente, como a doença é factor de desestabilização da identidade pessoal, também levanta problemas relativos à ética da relação médico-paciente.
Since the end of the xx century, Neuroethics emerged as a new field of interdisciplinary research, with the purpose to reflect on the ethical challenges brought by neuroscientific and neurotechnological latest advances. This article aims to present the main key philosophical questions arising from neuroethics and tries to show how they can be unified in the broad philosophical problem of personal identity. In order to sustain it, this article has three core ideas:1) both the brain and the mind are considered as the birth place of personal identity, as all brain medical manipulation may affect the mind’s nature and content, therefore, it may also affect personal identity; 2) moreover, direct and medical brain manipulation puts into a new perspective the philosophical issue of human freedom and responsibility; 3) finally, since disease may disrupt personal identity, it also raises issues regarding the ethics of physician-patient relationships.
Since the end of the xx century, Neuroethics emerged as a new field of interdisciplinary research, with the purpose to reflect on the ethical challenges brought by neuroscientific and neurotechnological latest advances. This article aims to present the main key philosophical questions arising from neuroethics and tries to show how they can be unified in the broad philosophical problem of personal identity. In order to sustain it, this article has three core ideas:1) both the brain and the mind are considered as the birth place of personal identity, as all brain medical manipulation may affect the mind’s nature and content, therefore, it may also affect personal identity; 2) moreover, direct and medical brain manipulation puts into a new perspective the philosophical issue of human freedom and responsibility; 3) finally, since disease may disrupt personal identity, it also raises issues regarding the ethics of physician-patient relationships.
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Neuroética Filosofia Neurociências Tecnologia Identidade Pessoal Cérebro Mente Neuroethics Philosophy Neurosciences Technology Personal identity Brain Mind
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FERNANDES, Sara – Identidade pessoal e neuroética: o novo desafio da Filosofia = Personal identity and neuroethics: the new challenge of Philosophy. Cadernos de Saúde. Lisboa. ISSN 1647-0559. 1:2 (2008) 185-189
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