neuroethics neuroethics in philosophy and neuroscience, neuroethics is the study of both the ethics of neuroscience and the neuroscience of ethics. the ethics of neuroscience comprises the bulk of work in neuroethics. it concerns the ethical, legal and social impact of neuroscience, including the ways in which neurotechnology can be used to predict or alter human behavior and "the implications of our mechanistic understanding of brain function for society... integrating neuroscientific knowledge with ethical and social thought". some neuroethics problems are not fundamentally different from those encountered in bioethics. others are unique to neuroethics because the brain, as the organ of the mind, has implications for broader philosophical problems, such as the nature of free will, moral responsibility, self-deception, and personal identity. examples of neuroethics topics are given later in this article (see "key issues in neuroethics" below). the origin of the term "neuroethics" has occupied some writers. rees and rose (as cited in "