Here is the synopsis of our sample research paper on Mind Prosthetics:. Have the paper e-mailed to you 24/7/365.
Essay / Research Paper Abstract
This 7 page paper tackles the controversial issue of brain prosthetics, and how technology is headed in this direction. This paper exposes many of the ethical issues involved as well as revealing the specific technologies which are currently available and will be available in the future. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Page Count:
7 pages (~225 words per page)
File: D0_GSBrainp.rtf
Buy This Term Paper »
Unformatted sample text from the term paper:
an increased need for brain prosthetics. However, with such technology comes the risk of misuse, which is great when one considers the possibilities of this technology. Therefore, discussion
of this technology must begin with the assumption of misuse and the possible implications. Brain Prosthetics - What is it and Who Will Benefit?
Foucaults Birth of a Clinic is a postmodern skeptical view of modernity (Foucault, 1975). He believed that modernity brought its own set of new myths
which were as unsoundly based as those which preceded the modern age (Foucault, 1975). For example, Foucault (1975) believed that one myth was that all doctors were wise.
He even coined the term "gaze" to depict this notion (Foucault, 1975). He believed that a myth had developed about doctors which said they had acquired a "gaze"
which allowed them to simply look at a patient and "know" all (Foucault, 1975). But Foucault (1975) did not believe this at all.
In another work, this author reveals his ideas about prisons, and how he believes they serve only to perpetuate crime due to how the prisoners are handled (Foucault,
1995). Through these two books, we see striking similarities to the possible repercussions of brain prosthetics (Foucault, 1995). Although clearly the subject matter is vastly different, the point
is that brain prosthetics could in fact result in the kind of oppression and control which Foucault (1995) addresses in both of his books.
Technology indeed may one day present the reality of being able to control the mind, or even replace part of the brain, with prosthetic devises. While such
...