Against

• Although beneficial also ethical issues such as side effects and psychological harm

  • pharmological treatments like anti-depressants have led to suicidal thoughts (Ferguson)
  • DBS can lead to bleeding
  • Techonological advances like neuralink potential psychological harm due to allegations of animal cruelty with rushed tests.

  THEREFORE: highlights ethical dangers in humans and animals for neuroscience research
• Valid consent and equal access to neuroscience is an issue

  • Disorders like dementia and psychotic disorders questions whether a patient is mentally competent to consent to treatments, researchers should consider routes to valid consent (eg presumptive)
  • Access to these treatments may also lead to ecomonic unfairness as only wealthy individuals can afford it leading to incresed social inequality

  THEREFORE: research is socially sensitive, transparency and accountable needed for public trust