Past Programs
Law, Crime and Justice - 2005
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Neuroethics and the 21st Century Brain
30/07/2005
The 21st century has been coined the Century of the Brain. But as the exciting tools of neuroscience probe deeper – compelling ethical and philosophical questions over the privacy of our thoughts, identity and selfhood are coming to the fore. What if a brain scan revealed more about you than you really want to know? How might neuroscience be used in the courts? What can we confidently read from the bright lights of a brain image? How should this information be used beyond the research lab? Two of the world's leading thinkers in the emerging field of 'neuroethics' explore these and other timely questions.
Healing Genocidal Trauma: North Meets South
28/05/2005
Cambodia under Pol Pot was a country under the reign of true terror. The UN has finally confirmed the international tribunal which will put key surviving Khmer Rouge on trial. But a global leader in post conflict mental health contests the belief that such tribunals and truth commissions promote individual healing. Do they promote social catharthis, or open fresh wounds, in the absence of real change? Natasha Mitchell is also joined by one of the country's first psychiatrists, with inspirational and wretching stories of today's Cambodia.
