[Overview]
The development of science and technology has a great influence on society and poses many problems that are related to values and ethics. In this program we shall examine philosophical and ethical problems of brain sciences and society from three perspectives.

First, the advancement of the brain sciences might produce such technology as mind-reading and medical enhancement of intelligence. This could present serious ethical problems. We shall study these problems.

Second, the advancement of the brain sciences might drastically change current views of human beings, for instance, the denial of free-will, the brain's control over actions, etc. Comparing the brain sciences with evolutionary biology, we shall investigate whether the former can change views of human beings, as did the latter. Furthermore, we shall scrutinize the philosophical and ethical implications of such a change.
Third, by revealing how brain mechanisms produce ethical actions, the brain sciences might uncover the realities of our ethical actions, undermine existing ethics, and promote the naturalization of ethics. We shall consider what such naturalization of ethics is like and what it brings to us.

[Reports]
UTCP Blog (Brain Sciences and Ethics)

[Summary]
1. Members
(1) 2007

Name	Affiliation	Position	Specialization
Yukihiro Nobuhara	UTCP	Project Leader	Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Cognitive Science, Neurophilosophy, Neuroethics
Toshihiro Suzuki	UTCP	Post-doc	Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Technology, Phenomenology
Kei Yoshida	UTCP	Post-doc	Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of the Social Sciences
Junichi Kushita	UTCP	RA	Modern Philosophy, Philosophy of Science
Mineki Oguchi	UTCP	RA	Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Perception, Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Eisuke Nakazawa	UTCP	RA	Philosophy of Science, Neurophilosophy of Memory
Koji Tachibana	UTCP	Collaborator	Greek Philosophy, Ethics
Ryo Uehara	UTCP	Collaborator	Epistemology, Neuroethics

(2) 2008

Name	Affiliation	Position	Specialization
Yukihiro Nobuhara	UTCP	Project Leader	Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Cognitive Science, Neurophilosophy, Neuroethics
Kei Yoshida	UTCP	Postdoc	Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of the Social Sciences, Neuroethics/Philosophy of Neuroeconomics
Mineki Oguchi	UTCP	DC2	Philosophy of Perception, Philosophy of Cognitive Science, Neuroethics
Eisuke Nakazawa	UTCP	RA	Philosophy of Science, Neurophilosophy of Memory
Ryoji Sato	UTCP	RA	Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Consciousness, Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Maika Nakao	UTCP	RA	History of Science, Science Studies
John O'Dea	UTCP	Collaborator	Analytic philosophy of mind, perception, consciousness
Ryo Uehara	UTCP	Collaborator	Theory of Knowledge, Ontoloty, Neuroethics
Koji Tachibana	UTCP	Collaborator	Greek Philosophy, Engineering Ethics, Neuroethics
Haruka Tsutsui	UTCP	Collaborator	Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Biology
Yu Nishitsutsumi	UTCP	Collaborator	Philosophy of Mind, Neuroethics

(3) 2009

Name	Affiliation	Position	Specialization
Yukihiro Nobuhara	UTCP	Project Leader	Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Cognitive Science, Neurophilosophy, Neuroethics
Eisuke Nakazawa	UTCP	Postdoc	Philosophy of Science, Neurophilosophy of Memory
Kei Yoshida	UTCP	Postdoc	Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of the Social Sciences (incl. Neuroeconomics), Neuroethics
Mineki Oguchi	UTCP	DC2	Philosophy of Perception, Philosophy of Cognitive Science, Neuroethics
Maika Nakao	UTCP	RA	History of Science, Science Studies
Sutetsu Boku	UTCP	RA	Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Cognitive Science, Philosophy of Time
John O'Dea	UTCP	Collaborator	Analytic philosophy of mind, perception, consciousness
Ryo Uehara	UTCP	Collaborator	Theory of Knowledge, Ontoloty, Neuroethics
Koji Tachibana	UTCP	Collaborator	Greek Philosophy, Engineering Ethics, Neuroethics
Haruka Tsutsui	UTCP	Collaborator	Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Biology
Yu Nishitsutsumi	UTCP	Collaborator	Philosophy of Mind, Neuroethics
Ryoji Sato	UTCP	Collaborator	Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Consciousness, Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Iva Georgieva	UTCP	Collaborator	Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Space and Identity
Sho Sekiya	UTCP	Collaborator	Science and Technology Studies, Risk Studies
Tomohisa Sumida	UTCP	Collaborator	Social History of Environment, Life, and Science

2. Seminars

3. Seminar Series

4. KOMABA Brain Café

5. Presentations

6. Publications