Workshop Series: Neuroethics, New York, 2003-2004

神经科学目前监测和改变大脑功能的能力具有深刻的伦理意义，科学家和公众才刚刚开始研究。 最近的两次重要会议专门探讨了神经科学进步的伦理含义，一次是在宾夕法尼亚大学举行的题为"伦理学和认知神经科学革命"的会议，另一次是在斯坦福大学举行的题为"神经伦理学：绘制该领域的地图"的会议。"这些会议促进了个人和广大公众之间思想的传播。目前的一系列研讨会将采取下一步行动，在相关专家之间进行密集对话，为神经伦理学领域提供形式和方向。具体而言，会议旨在实现以下目标：（1）确定神经伦理学的最高优先级问题;（2）阐明科学进展和障碍;（3）让伦理学家和政策专家参与与每个特定问题最相关的领域，帮助了解最直接相关的道德原则和社会传统，以及现有的相关法规或政策，和其他领域的类似先例;（4）与相关科学家和伦理学家合作，制定对每个问题的政策立场;（5）针对每个问题，撰写并提交一篇文章，总结主要结论，以便在广泛阅读或综合性期刊上发表。

The current capability of neuroscience to monitor and alter brain function has profound ethical implications, which scientists and the public have only begun to examine. Two recent major conferences were devoted to surveying the ethical implications of progress in neuroscience, one at the University of Pennsylvania entitled "Ethics and the Cognitive Neuroscience Revolution" and one at Stanford University entitled "Neuroethics: Mapping the Field." These conferences promoted the dissemination of ideas among individuals and the wider public. The current series of workshops will take the next step, in the form of intensive dialogue among relevant experts that will give form and direction to the field of neuroethics. Specifically, the meetings are designed to accomplish the following objectives: (1) Define issues of highest priority for neuroethics; (2) Elucidate scientific progress and obstacles; (3) Engage ethicists and policy specialists in the areas most relevant to each particular issue, to help understand the most directly relevant moral principles and social traditions, relevant regulations or policies now in place, and analogous precedents in other fields; (4) With the relevant scientists and ethicists, collaboratively develop policy positions on each issue; and (5) For each issue, write and submit an article summarizing the major conclusions for publication in a widely read or generalist journal.