Ethics

Congratulations to Neil Levy

By Adam Kolber

Congratulations to long-time guest blogger Neil Levy on winning an Australian Eureka Prize for Research in Ethics.  From an announcement of the award:

Dr Levy, who holds positions at the University of Melbourne and Oxford University, has taken bold positions in his writing, arguing that as long as informed consent is given, there is no reason to see psychopharmaceutical drugs as detracting from an individual's authenticity.

In a controversial thesis, Dr Levy also argues we need to stop seeing the brain as sacrosanct; set aside our gut reactions against altering its function and judge intervention by its affect rather than its location.

"Dr Levy is a pioneer of the newly established field of Neuroethics. He has fostered the field's development through active writing, teaching and speaking and has made enormous contributions with his research," says Frank Howarth, Director of the Australian Museum.

Full post as published by Neuroethics and Law on August 24, 2009 (boomark / email).