Associate Professor Neil Levy is an Australian Research Council Future Fellow at the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Australia, as well as director of research at the Oxford Centre for Neuroethics, University of Oxford. He works on the philosophy of agency and ethical issues in neuroscience, as well as related areas, and has published extensively on these topics. He is the author of Neuroethics (Cambridge University Press, 2007) and Hard Luck (Oxford University Press, 2011) among other books and edits the journal Neuroethics.

Levy's systematic attention to definitional and interpretive detail, extended case studies, response to critics from multiple disciplines, and fine-grained argument make this volume a potential paradigm shifter in discussions involving moral agency. Excellent bibliography. Essential.

• Preface ; 1. Does Consciousness Matter? ; 2. The Consciousness Thesis ; 3. The Global Workspace ; 4. What Does Consciousness Do? ; 5. Consciousness and the real self ; 6. Consciousness and control ; Concluding thoughts ; References ; Index

Associate Professor Neil Levy is an Australian Research Council Future Fellow at the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Australia, as well as director of research at the Oxford Centre for Neuroethics, University of Oxford. He works on the philosophy of agency and ethical issues in neuroscience, as well as related areas, and has published extensively on these topics. He is the author of Neuroethics (Cambridge University Press, 2007) and Hard Luck (Oxford University Press, 2011) among other books and edits the journal Neuroethics.

Levy's systematic attention to definitional and interpretive detail, extended case studies, response to critics from multiple disciplines, and fine-grained argument make this volume a potential paradigm shifter in discussions involving moral agency. Excellent bibliography. Essential.

• Preface ; 1. Does Consciousness Matter? ; 2. The Consciousness Thesis ; 3. The Global Workspace ; 4. What Does Consciousness Do? ; 5. Consciousness and the real self ; 6. Consciousness and control ; Concluding thoughts ; References ; Index

Associate Professor Neil Levy is an Australian Research Council Future Fellow at the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Australia, as well as director of research at the Oxford Centre for Neuroethics, University of Oxford. He works on the philosophy of agency and ethical issues in neuroscience, as well as related areas, and has published extensively on these topics. He is the author of Neuroethics (Cambridge University Press, 2007) and Hard Luck (Oxford University Press, 2011) among other books and edits the journal Neuroethics.

Levy's systematic attention to definitional and interpretive detail, extended case studies, response to critics from multiple disciplines, and fine-grained argument make this volume a potential paradigm shifter in discussions involving moral agency. Excellent bibliography. Essential.

• Preface ; 1. Does Consciousness Matter? ; 2. The Consciousness Thesis ; 3. The Global Workspace ; 4. What Does Consciousness Do? ; 5. Consciousness and the real self ; 6. Consciousness and control ; Concluding thoughts ; References ; Index