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Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Ethics
  • Law
  • Artificial Intelligence

Background:

  • Advancements in neurotechnology and AI-driven brain data analytics raise significant ethical and legal concerns.
  • These concerns are often discussed under the umbrella of "neurorights," encompassing mental privacy, mental integrity, and cognitive liberty.
  • International bodies and several states are actively considering the integration of neurorights into legal and policy frameworks.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To establish clear conceptual, ethical, and legal foundations for understanding neurorights.
  • To facilitate a common, minimalist conceptual framework for mental privacy, mental integrity, and cognitive liberty.
  • To support scholarly, legal, and policy discussions on the implications of neurotechnology.

Main Methods:

  • Multidisciplinary analysis integrating philosophical, ethical, and legal perspectives.
  • Conceptual clarification of key terms: mental privacy, mental integrity, and cognitive liberty.
  • Examination of existing ethical, legal, and policy discussions surrounding neurotechnology.

Main Results:

  • Identified a lack of explicit and consistent philosophical, ethical, and legal assumptions in current neurorights discourse.
  • Developed foundational concepts to address the protection of mental privacy, mental integrity, and cognitive liberty.
  • Provided a basis for a shared understanding to aid future policy and legal development.

Conclusions:

  • Establishing clear conceptual foundations is crucial for effective governance of neurotechnologies.
  • A multidisciplinary approach is necessary to address the complex challenges posed by emerging neurotechnologies.
  • Further development of legal and policy frameworks is needed to safeguard individual rights in the age of advanced brain-computer interfaces.