UTCP Mid-Term Program in Brain Sciences and Ethics completed all activities. This is the final report of our group. In 2010, a new Mid-Term Program in STS Studies will start.

At Florey Neuroscience Institutes in Melbourne, 6 UTCP members and Prof. Neil Levy had talks at Workshop “Brain Science and Ethics” held on March 23, 2010. This workshop was the final event of the UTCP Program in Brain Sciences and Ethics.

TCCP, or Tokyo colloquium of cognitive philosophy, is an English-only seminar which is held as a place for active discussion among UTCP fellows who are interested in neurophilosophy, neuroethics and various related topics.

TCCP, or Tokyo colloquium of cognitive philosophy, is an English-only seminar which is held as a place for active discussions among UTCP members who are interested in neurophilosophy, neuroethics and various related topics.

On January 21st, we held the workshop about public engagement in science and technology. Maika Nakao talked about the UTCP approach to the Komaba Brain Café, and Sho Sekiya talked about a theoretical approach to public engagement.

In the 16th TCCP Colloquium Kohji Ishihara discussed social implications of research in developmental disorders.

In the 17th colloquium of TCCP, Iva Georgieva gave a paper on the problems of human identity in the virtual space. It was based on the Sherry Turkle's book Life On the Screen: Identity in the Age of Internet.

UTCP seminar series by Prof. Neil Levy (Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, University of Melbourne) was held from July 13th to 22nd.

The third Komaba Brain Café, titled "What is Morality? Brain Sciences Reveal Mechanisms of Moral Cognition," was held on July 9, 2009. “Komaba Brain Café” aims at providing venues for a free and active dialogue with those who are interested in brain science, neuroscience, and neuroethics.

In seminar 5 of the UTCP Education Program "Brain Sciences and Ethics", we examine Moral Minds by Marc D. Hauser. In session 13 of this seminar, we discussed chapter 7 (pp. 357-418).

In seminar 5 of the UTCP Education Program "Brain Sciences and Ethics", we examine Moral Minds by Marc D. Hauser. In session 12 of this seminar, we discussed the latter half of chapter 6 (pp. 334-356).

In seminar 5 of the UTCP Education Program "Brain Sciences and Ethics", we examine Moral Minds by Marc D. Hauser. In session 11 of this seminar, we discussed the former half of chapter 6 (pp. 307-335).

In seminar 5 of the UTCP Education Program "Brain Sciences and Ethics", we examine Moral Minds by Marc D. Hauser. In session 10 of this seminar, we discussed the latter half of chapter 5 (pp. 272-303).

In seminar 5 of the UTCP Education Program "Brain Sciences and Ethics", we examine Moral Minds by Marc D. Hauser. In session 9 of this seminar, we discussed the former half of chapter 5 (pp. 242-272).

On April 21, the first Komaba Brain Café, titled "Healing Dementia by Eating!? Between Food and Medicine," was held at Italian Tomato Café Jr., Komaba Campus, The University of Tokyo. “Komaba Brain Café” aims at providing venues for a free and active dialogue with those who are interested in brain science, neuroscience, and neuroethics.

In seminar 5 of the UTCP Education Program "Brain Sciences and Ethics", we examine Moral Minds by Marc D. Hauser. In session 8 of this seminar, we discussed the latter half of chapter 4 (pp. 201-241).

In seminar 5 of the UTCP Education Program "Brain Sciences and Ethics", we examine Moral Minds by Marc D. Hauser. In session 7 of this seminar, we discussed the former half of chapter 4 (pp. 163-200).

In seminar 5 of the UTCP Education Program "Brain Sciences and Ethics", we examine Moral Minds by Marc D. Hauser. In session 6 of this seminar, we discussed the latter half of chapter 3 (pp. 139-159).

On April 21, the first Komaba Brain Café, titled "Plastic Brain, Flexible Society," was held at the First-year Activity Center. “Komaba Brain Café” aims at providing venues for a free and active dialogue with those who are interested in brain science, neuroscience, and neuroethics.

　From March 20th till 22nd, I participated in the 11th Annual Philosophy of Social Science Roundtable held at Emory University, Atlanta. Below is its report.

Junichi Kushita and Shuhei Shimamura presented at the Tokyo Colloquium of Cognitive Philosophy (TCCP).

In seminar 5 of the UTCP Education Program "Brain Sciences and Ethics", we examine Moral Minds by Marc D. Hauser. In session 5 of this seminar, we discussed the latter first half of chapter 3 (pp. 111-138).

In seminar 5 of the UTCP Education Program "Brain Sciences and Ethics", we examine Moral Minds by Marc D. Hauser. In session 4 of this seminar, we discussed the latter half of chapter 2 (pp. 85-110).

In seminar 5 of the UTCP Education Program "Brain Sciences and Ethics", we examine Moral Minds by Marc D. Hauser. In session 3 of this seminar, we discussed the first half of chapter 2 (pp. 59-84).

In seminar 5 of the UTCP Education Program "Brain Sciences and Ethics", we examine Moral Minds by Marc D. Hauser. In session 2 of this seminar, we discussed the second half of chapter 1 (pp. 32-55).

In seminar 5 of the UTCP Education Program "Brain Sciences and Ethics", we examine Moral Minds by Marc D. Hauser. In session 1 of this seminar, we discussed Prologue & the first half of chapter 1 (pp. xvii-31).

The 11th and 12th Tokyo Colloquium of Cognitive Philosophy (TCCP) was held in the autumn of 2008.

7月14日至7月23日，由Jesse J. Prinz教授（北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校）主讲的系列讲座在驹场举行。

We held a series of lectures by Prof. Jesse. J. Prinz (The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) for six days from the 14th to 23rd of July.

The first annual meeting of the Neuroethics Society was held in Washington DC on November 13 and 14 in 2008. Four UTCP researchers paticipated in the conference.

New report on our activities: In Session 12 of the 3rd Seminar: "Reading Prinz's The Emotional Construction of Morals", we discussed the final chapter: "Moral Progress".

New report on our activities: In Session 11 of the 3rd Seminar: "Reading Prinz's The Emotional Construction of Morals", we discussed the chapter 7: "The Limits of Evolutionary Ethics".

The program of the 10th TCCP was a presentation by Petter Johansson, a JSPS postdoctoral fellow (http://www.lucs.lu.se/petter.johansson).

In the seminar 4 of the UTCP Education Program "Brain Sciences and Ethics", we read "Decision Making and Free Will: A Neuroscience Perspective (Kelly Burns and Antoine Bechara [2007], Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 25: 263-280.)".

New report on our activities: In Session 10 of the 3rd Seminar: "Reading Prinz's The Emotional Construction of Morals", we discussed the chapter 7: "The Limits of Evolutionary Ethics".

In the seminar 4 of the UTCP Education Program "Brain Sciences and Ethics", we read "Decision Making and Free Will: A Neuroscience Perspective (Kelly Burns and Antoine Bechara [2007], Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 25: 263-280.)".

New report on our activities: In Session 9 of the 3rd Seminar: "Reading Prinz's The Emotional Construction of Morals", we discussed the chapter 6: "The Genealogy of Morals".

New report on our activities: In Session 8 of the 3rd Seminar: "Reading Prinz's The Emotional Construction of Morals", we discussed the chapter 5: "Dining with Cannibals".

In the seminar 4 of the UTCP Education Program "Brain Sciences and Ethics", we read "Decision Making and Free Will: A Neuroscience Perspective (Kelly Burns and Antoine Bechara [2007], Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 25: 263-280.)".

In the seminar 4 of the UTCP Education Program "Brain Sciences and Ethics", we read "Decision Making and Free Will: A Neuroscience Perspective (Kelly Burns and Antoine Bechara [2007], Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 25: 263-280.)".

New report on our activities: In Session 7 of the 3rd Seminar: "Reading Prinz's The Emotional Construction of Morals", we discussed the chapter 5: "Dining with Cannibals".

In the seminar 4 of the UTCP Education Program "Brain Sciences and Ethics", we read "Decision Making and Free Will: A Neuroscience Perspective (Kelly Burns and Antoine Bechara [2007], Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 25: 263-280.)".

New report on our activities: In Session 6 of the 3rd Seminar: "Reading Prinz's The Emotional Construction of Morals", we discussed the chapter 4: "Against Objectivity".

In the seminar 4 of the UTCP Education Program "Brain Sciences and Ethics", we read "Decision Making and Free Will: A Neuroscience Perspective (Kelly Burns and Antoine Bechara [2007], Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 25: 263-280.)".

New report on our activities: In Session 5 of the 3rd Seminar: "Reading Prinz's The Emotional Construction of Morals", we discussed the chapter 3: "Sensibility Saved".

In the seminar 4 of the UTCP Education Program "Brain Sciences and Ethics", we read "Decision Making and Free Will: A Neuroscience Perspective (Kelly Burns and Antoine Bechara [2007], Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 25: 263-280.)".

New report on our activities: In Session 4 of the 3rd Seminar: "Reading Prinz's The Emotional Construction of Morals", we discussed the chapter 3: "Sensibility Saved".

A Perspective on Neuroethics, edited by Yukihiro Nobuhara and Saku Hara, was published (Keiso Shobo).

In the seminar 4 of the UTCP Education Program "Brain Sciences and Ethics", we read "Decision Making and Free Will: A Neuroscience Perspective (Kelly Burns and Antoine Bechara [2007], Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 25: 263-280.)".

New report on our activities: In Session 3 of the 3rd Seminar: "Reading Prinz's The Emotional Construction of Morals", we discussed the chapter 2: "Emotions: Non-moral and Moral".

The program of the 9th TCCP was text reading. We read chapter 2 of J. J. Prinz’s book Gut Reactions: A Perceptual Theory of Emotion (2004).

The Program of the 8th TCCP was a presentation by John O’Dea, a research fellow of UTCP. The title of his presentation was "Is there an Ethical Problem with Neuromarketing?" As indicated in the title, it was a review of the background and current state of Neuromarketing; i.e., the commercial use of neuroscientific knowledge or technology for the purpose of manipulating public opinion. Neuromarketing is one of hot topics within neuroethics, though there are not yet many neuroethical papers on neuromarketing. Assessing several studies on neural features of consumers and examples of actual commercial uses, O’Dea concludes that there’s no ethical problem with neuromarketing.

In the seminar 4 of the UTCP Education Program "Brain Sciences and Ethics", we read "Decision Making and Free Will: A Neuroscience Perspective (Kelly Burns and Antoine Bechara [2007], Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 25: 263-280.)".

New report on our activities: In Session 2 of the 3rd Seminar: "Reading Prinz's The Emotional Construction of Morals", we discussed the chapter 1: "Emotionism".

　　The program of the 7th TCCP was text reading, and we read the preface and chapter 1 of J. J. Prinz’s book Gut Reactions: A Perceptual Theory of Emotion (2004).

In the seminar 4 of the UTCP Education Program "Brain Sciences and Ethics", we read "Decision Making and Free Will: A Neuroscience Perspective (Kelly Burns and Antoine Bechara. (2007). Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 25: 263-280.)".

New report on our activities:
In Session 12 of the 1st Seminar: "Reading Levy's Neuroethics", we discussed the chapter 9 "The neuroscience of ethics".

UTCP Education Program "Brain Sciences and Ethics" starts a new seminar. In this seminar, we read Jesse J. Prinz's The Emotional Construction of Morals.

New report on our activities:
In Session 11 of the 1st Seminar: "Reading Levy's Neuroethics", we discussed the chapter 8 "Self-deception: The normal and the pathological".

New report on our activities:
In Session 10 of the 1st Seminar: "Reading Levy's Neuroethics", we discussed the chapter 7: "The neuroscience of free will".

New report on our activities:
In Session 11 of the 2nd Seminar: "Reading Gazzaniga's The Ethical Brain", we read the chapter 10.

From the 21st to the 29th of February we had a series of seminars with the participation of Thomas Metzinger (University of Mainz) and Stephan Schleim (University of Bonn), where we were able to discuss a variety of problems in neuroethics. Below is their brief report.

New report on our activities:
in the 1st Seminar: "Reading Levy's Neuroethics" Session 9, we discussed the chapter 6: "The 'self' of self-control".
And in the 2nd Seminar: "Reading Gazzaniga's The Ethical Brain" Session 10, we read the chapter 9.

New report on our activities:
In Session 9 of the 1st Seminar: "Reading Levy's Neuroethics", we discussed the chapter 6: "The 'self' of self-control".

New report on our activities:
In Session 10 of the 2nd Seminar: "Reading Gazzaniga's The Ethical Brain", we read the chapter 9.

New report on our activities:
in the 1st Seminar: "Reading Levy's Neuroethics" Session 8, we discussed the chapter 5: 'The neuroethics of memory'.
And in the 2nd Seminar: "Reading Gazzaniga's The Ethical Brain" Session 9, we read the chapter 8.

New report on our activities:
In Session 9 of the 2nd Seminar: "Reading Gazzaniga's The Ethical Brain", we read the chapter 8.

New report on our activities:
In Session 8 of the 1st Seminar: "Reading Levy's Neuroethics", we discussed the chapter 5: 'The neuroethics of memory'.

第二届BESETO哲学会议于2007年12月27日到28日在北京大学勺园宾馆举行。东京大学有九名研究者（其中UTCP五名）出席。

On the 27th and 28th of December 2007 the Second BESETO Meeting on Philosophy was held at Shaoyuan Hotel of Beijing University. Nine researchers from the University of Tokyo (including five from UTCP) attended.

New report on our activities:
in the 1st Seminar: "Reading Levy's Neuroethics" Session 7, we discussed the chapter 4: 'Reading minds/controlling minds' in this book.
And in the 2nd Seminar: "Reading Gazzaniga's The Ethical Brain" Session 7, we read the chapter 6 and Session 8, we read the chapter 7.

New report on our activities:
In Session 8 of the 2nd Seminar: "Reading Gazzaniga's The Ethical Brain", we read the chapter 7.

New report on our activities:
In Session 7 of the 1st Seminar: "Reading Levy's Neuroethics", we discussed the chapter 4: 'Reading minds/controlling minds'.

New report on our activities:
In Session 7 of the 2nd Seminar: "Reading Gazzaniga's The Ethical Brain", we read the chapter 6.

New report on our activities:
in the 1st Seminar: "Reading Levy's Neuroethics" Session 6, we discussed the chapter 3: 'The presumption against direct manipulation' in this book.
And in the 2nd Seminar: "Reading Gazzaniga's The Ethical Brain" Session 5, we read the chapter 5.

New report on our activities:
In Session 6 of the 2nd Seminar: "Reading Gazzaniga's The Ethical Brain", we read the chapter 5.

New report on our activities:
In Session 6 of the 1st Seminar: "Reading Levy's Neuroethics", we discussed the chapter 3: 'The presumption against direct manipulation'.

New report on our activities:
in the 1st Seminar: "Reading Levy's Neuroethics" Session 5, we discussed the chapter 3: 'The presumption against direct manipulation' in this book.
And in the 2nd Seminar: "Reading Gazzaniga's The Ethical Brain" Session 5, we read the chapter 4.

New report on our activities:
In Session 5 of the 2nd Seminar: "Reading Gazzaniga's The Ethical Brain", we read the chapter 4.

New report on our activities:
In Session 5 of the 1st Seminar: "Reading Levy's Neuroethics", we discussed the chapter 3: 'The presumption against direct manipulation'.

On November 11, I made a presentation at the 40th annual meeting of Philosophy of Science Society, Japan (at Chuo University, Tokyo). The title of my presentation is "Sociology as a political project: Fuller, bioliberalism, value-freedom." Below is its brief report.

The day before yesterday (10/11/2007), I read a paper on "Neuroscience of Morality and the Philosophical Examinations" at the annual meeting of Philosophy of Science Society, Japan (40th.).

New report on our activities:
In Session 4 of the 2nd Seminar: "Reading Gazzaniga's The Ethical Brain", we read the chapter 3.

New report on our activities:
In Session 4 of the 1st Seminar: "Reading Levy's Neuroethics", we discussed the chapter 2: 'Changing our minds'.

New report on our activities:
in the 1st Seminar: "Reading Levy's Neuroethics" Session 4, we discussed the chapter 2: 'Changing our minds' in this book.
And in the 2nd Seminar: "Reading Gazzaniga's The Ethical Brain" Session 4, we read the chapter 3.

New report on our activities:
In Session 3 of the 2nd Seminar: "Reading Gazzaniga's The Ethical Brain", we read the chapter 2.

New report on our activities:
In Session 3 of the 1st Seminar: "Reading Levy's Neuroethics", we discussed the chapter 1: 'Peering into the mind'.

New report on our activities:
in the 1st Seminar: "Reading Levy's Neuroethics" Session 3, we discussed the chapter 1: 'Peering into the mind' in this book.
And in the 2nd Seminar: "Reading Gazzaniga's The Ethical Brain" Session 3, we read the chapter 2.

New report on our activities:
In Session 2 of the 2nd Seminar: "Reading Gazzaniga's The Ethical Brain" , we read the chapter 1.

New report on our activities:
In Session 2 of the 1st Seminar: "Reading Levy's Neuroethics", we discussed the chapter 1: 'Peering into the mind'.

New report on our activities:
in the 1st Seminar: "Reading Levy's Neuroethics" Session 2, we discussed the chapter 1: 'Peering into the mind' in this book.
And in the 2nd Seminar: "Reading Gazzaniga's The Ethical Brain" Session 2, we also read the chapter 1.

UTCP Education Program "Brain Sciences and Ethics" started last week. In this program, we have two seminars: the 1st Seminar is "Reading Levy's Neuroethics" and the 2nd is "Reading Gazzaniga's The Ethical Brain".

UTCP Education Program "Brain Sciences and Ethics" started last week. In this program, we have two seminars: the 1st Seminar is "Reading Levy's Neuroethics" and the 2nd one is "Reading Gazzaniga's The Ethical Brain".

UTCP Education Program "Brain Sciences and Ethics" started last week. In this program, we have two seminars: the 1st Seminar is "Reading Levy's Neuroethics" and the 2nd is "Reading Gazzaniga's The Ethical Brain".