%0 Journal Article %A Lanzilao, Elisabetta %A Shook, John R. %A Newman, Roland %A Giordano, James %D 2013 %I Begell House %K neuroethics; neuroscience; neurotechnology; society; principles; cosmopolitanism; communitarianism; globalism %N 3 %P 211-229 %R 10.1615/EthicsBiologyEngMed.2014010710 %T Advancing Neuroscience on the 21st− Century World Stage: The Need for and a Proposed Structure of an Internationally Relevant Neuroethics %U https://www.dl.begellhouse.com/journals/6ed509641f7324e6,50de6dfe406dbd9f,6ae9a4ad5c950ee2.html %V 4 %X Neuroscience has made ardent strides in assessing, accessing, and engaging the structure and function(s) of the brain through the use of ever more advanced and sophisticated innovations in bioengineering. Recent trends reveal the growth of neuroscientific and neurotechnology (neuroS/T) investments worldwide. The internationalization of neuroS/T will likely influence and be affected by extant and newly established asymmetrical relationships among developed, developing, and non-developed nations. The speed, extent, and power conferred by neuroS/T give rise to a number of pressing ethical as well as legal and social questions and issues, which are fostering wider awareness, anticipation, and anxiety. The field of neuroethics addresses these issues and their possible resolutions. How will neuroethics be developed−and enacted−to sustain international relevance, validity, and value? Herein, we offer a model for an applied international neuroethics, starting from an overview and analysis of its socio-political potential on a global level. We examine this model in light of principlism and some additional useful precepts and guidelines. We conclude by offering Rawlsian "reflective equilibrium" as a bridge to Dower's theoretical construct of "communitarian cosmopolitanism", and thereby yield a procedural method that satisfices our fundamental premises and corollary principles. %8 2014-07-16