Neuroethics scope at a glance

The term neuroethics defines the bioethics field that deals with the dilemmas arising from the development of the neurosciences. Why are we so sensitive to ponder on neuroethics? Because it involves the brain, the organ responsible for our perceptions, our thoughts, and our conscience; and its knowledge and/or manipulation entail the most genuine and nontransferable aspects of the human being. Since 2002, neuroethics has been recognized as a new discipline that offers an area of consideration for neuroscientific knowledge and the actions regarding human beings as individuals, and the society as an organization. Within its framework, we can distinguish two branches: fundamental neuroethics and applied neuroethics. Neuroethics demands that we are on alert, and we offer the possibility of interdisciplinary exchange programs, encouraging society to participate, promoting the ethical opinions, and even working with anticipation on the dilemmas that are already emerging. Science does not stop, and its development has acquired such an accelerated pace that there has not been enough time to discuss its processes. We are convinced that neuroethics will be for the 21(st) century, what genetics was for the 20(th) century.