Theological Neuroethics

Christian Ethics Meets the Science of the Human Brain

By: Neil Messer, Brian Brock (Editor), Susan F. Parsons (Editor)

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Paperback | 18 April 2019

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Neil Messer brings together a range of theoretical and practical questions raised by current research on the human brain: questions about both the 'ethics of neuroscience' and the 'neuroscience of ethics'. While some of these are familiar to theologians, others have been more or less ignored hitherto, and the field of neuroethics as a whole has received little theological attention.

Drawing on both theological ethics and the science-and-theology field, Messer discusses cognitive-scientific and neuroscientific studies of religion, arguing that they do not give grounds to dismiss theological perspectives on the human self. He examines a representative range of topics across the whole field of neuroethics, including consciousness, the self and the value of human life; the neuroscience of morality; determinism, freewill and moral responsibility; and the ethics of cognitive enhancement.

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This book is a timely and much needed volume in neuroethics, where theological voices are mostly absent. Messer convincingly demonstrates how a theological exploration of neuroethical issues can benefit not only theology in its engagement with neuroscientific knowledge, but also neuroscience in the broadening of its epistemic horizons [...] He provides extensive analysis of current key issues arising in neuroscience and neurology, and offers a theological examination that could surprise many, especially those who might be skeptical about the contribution of theology to neuroethics. Those interested in neuroethics beyond the limited scope of its contemporary version will find this volume eye opening and unique in its merging of theology and brain science. Messer truly creates a path for Christian theology to meet the science of the human brain.
Fabrice Jotterand, Medical College of Wisconsin, USA

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