The metamorphosis of the body:
neuroscience and bioethics
 

Developments in neuroscience, human-computer interfaces and artificial intelligence are rapidly advancing our understanding of what it means to be human. These developments are certainly exciting and promising, but they raise significant philosophical, ethical, anthropological and social questions. What can these developments tell us about the experiences of free will, moral judgment and human agency? How will these technologies enable the manipulation or enhancement of the human brain/mind, and how will they challenge our concepts of the self, consciousness, personal identity, privacy, autonomy, responsibility, and social justice?

 

This conference aims to bring together academics from fields of study as diverse as neuroscientists, neuroengineers, neuroethicists, computer scientists, philosophers, anthropologists, sociologists, ethicists, theologians and others to discuss and debate on what is perhaps the most important question of all: what is the human being and what changes are in store?