My brain made me do it : the rise of neuroscience and the threat to moral responsibility / Eliezer J. Sternberg.

Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2010.

244 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- The nefarious neuron -- The shadow of determinism -- The essential freedom -- A tempest in the brain -- Neurological disturbance -- The seat of the will -- The somatic-marker hypothesis -- The readiness potential -- The grand illusion -- Neuronal destiny -- The revolution of the brain -- Seeds of corruption -- Morality's end -- The depths of consciousness -- A challenge for experience -- The boundlessness of reason -- Rise of the moral agent -- The palace of the mind.