Jeffrey P. Bishop is Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Theological Studies at Saint Louis University, USA, where he also holds the Tenet Endowed Chair in Bioethics.M. Therese Lysaught is Professor at the Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics and Healthcare Leadership at Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine, USA.Andrew A. Michel is Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Thomas F. Frist, Jr. College of Medicine at Belmont University, USA.

[A] well-argued book … This is a book that neuroscientists in particular may find helpful as a way of reflecting on the role of their own community in shaping how their findings are interpreted.

• Introduction: The Age of the BrainPrelude to a Neuroscience of Morality: Of Sciences and Social Imaginaries Part I: The Neuroscientific Narrative of Morality1. The Neuroscientific Narrative of Vice2. The Neuroscientific Narrative of Virtue 3. Popular (Neuro)Science and Other Political Economy Schemes Interlude Between Neuroscience and Economic Science: Of Capitalists and Criminals Part II: The Evolution of an Artifactual Being4. The Neoliberal Narrative of Morality5. Springs of Action and the Political Management of the Poor6. Bacon, Smith, and the End of VirtueConcluding Un(neuro)scientific Postlude: Between Beasts and Angels Index

Jeffrey P. Bishop is Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Theological Studies at Saint Louis University, USA, where he also holds the Tenet Endowed Chair in Bioethics.M. Therese Lysaught is Professor at the Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics and Healthcare Leadership at Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine, USA.Andrew A. Michel is Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Thomas F. Frist, Jr. College of Medicine at Belmont University, USA.

[A] well-argued book … This is a book that neuroscientists in particular may find helpful as a way of reflecting on the role of their own community in shaping how their findings are interpreted.

• Introduction: The Age of the BrainPrelude to a Neuroscience of Morality: Of Sciences and Social Imaginaries Part I: The Neuroscientific Narrative of Morality1. The Neuroscientific Narrative of Vice2. The Neuroscientific Narrative of Virtue 3. Popular (Neuro)Science and Other Political Economy Schemes Interlude Between Neuroscience and Economic Science: Of Capitalists and Criminals Part II: The Evolution of an Artifactual Being4. The Neoliberal Narrative of Morality5. Springs of Action and the Political Management of the Poor6. Bacon, Smith, and the End of VirtueConcluding Un(neuro)scientific Postlude: Between Beasts and Angels Index