title: The search for the new pineal gland. Brain life and personhood.
abstract: The concept of "brain life," sometimes offered as the criterion for determining when personhood begins, cannot tell us what we want to know about persons. Neurological facts will not automatically yield ethical conclusions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Humanities, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Mass.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Moussa
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Shannon
mesh_terms: D000029:Abortion, Legal; D033421:Beginning of Human Life; D026688:Bioethical Issues; D001921:Brain / Q000196:embryology* / Q000502:physiology; D001926:Brain Death / Q000175:diagnosis; D003243:Consciousness; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006803:Human Development; D006801:Humans; D019369:Life; D008678:Metaphysics; D009446:Neurobiology; D028723:Personhood; D010684:Philosophy; D010870:Pineal Gland / Q000196:embryology / Q000502:physiology