Abstract

Climate change is a global crisis but it needs to be considered within the larger context of the overall unequal distribution of ecological footprints around the world now and into the future that threatens the survival of current and future generations in a way that is clearly unethical. Averting this eco-genocide will require an eco-enlightenment possibly through enhanced eco-consciousness and moral evolution. Advances in neuroscience and neuroengineering offer the possibility of such augmented neuro-cognition and enhanced moral reasoning through chemical, mechanical and genetic manipulation of brain circuitry. Although extreme, this may be the last best hope to align our ecological footprints with our ethical footprints and avoid eco-catastrophe.

Keywords: Neuroengineering; Ecological footprints; Brain circuitry