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Ethical, legal and social issues
The HBP raises important ethical, legal, social, political and philosophical issues both about the research itself and its potential applications. At the same time, its contributions to knowledge of the brain, cognition and behavior will have important philosophical and conceptual implications touching on basic concepts of what makes us human. Against this background, the HBP will include a major program of activities dedicated to ethical, legal and social issues. The program will bring together scholars in the brain sciences, social sciences, and the humanities to study and discuss relevant issues and will use all available channels to encourage open, well-informed debate, to dissipate potential public concerns and to enhance appreciation of the potential benefits of the project’s work as it reaches out to the lay public, and to every level of the educational system.