Includes "P.S. : insights, interviews & more ... " inserted in back cover (16 p.). Reprint. Originally published: New York : Dana Press, c2005. "An ecco Book."

pt. 1.1. 2. pt. 2. 3. 4. 5. pt. 3. 6. 7. 8. pt. 4. 9. 10. Toward a universal ethics. pt. 1. Life-span neuroethics. 1. Conferring moral status on an embryo -- 2. Aging brain -- pt. 2. Brain enhancement. 3. Better brains through genes -- 4. Training the brain -- 5. Shaping the smart brain with drugs -- pt. 3. Free will, personal responsibility, and the law. 6. My brain made me do it -- 7. Antisocial thoughts and the right to privacy -- 8. Brain produces a poor autobiography -- pt. 4. Nature of moral beliefs and the concept of universal ethics. 9. Believing brain -- 10. Toward a universal ethics.