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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• García-López, Eric
• Muñoz, José M
• Andorno, Roberto

Titel

Editorial: Neurorights and Mental Freedom: Emerging Challenges to Debates on Human Dignity and Neurotechnologies

Ist Teil von

• Frontiers in human neuroscience, 2021-12, Vol.15, p.823570-823570

Ort / Verlag

Switzerland: Frontiers Research Foundation

Erscheinungsjahr

2021

Link zum Volltext

Quelle

Elektronische Zeitschriftenbibliothek

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• By allowing direct access to mental data and new forms of intervention in the brain, such developments have great potential to improve the wellbeing of patients suffering from neurological disorders. [...]the convergence of artificial intelligence (AI) technology with data from brain activity is accelerating our understanding of the mental processes underpinning human behavior. Ienca also proposes a complete formal definition of neurorights, which he conceives “as the ethical, legal, social, or natural principles of freedom or entitlement related to a person's cerebral and mental domain; that is, the fundamental normative rules for the protection and preservation of the human brain and mind.” In this regard, the authors point out that the right to equal access to mental augmentation could be considered inappropriate “in developing countries, such as Latin American ones, as some of them cannot even provide access to the most basic needs, such as nutrition or health care, and the guarantee of human rights.” [...]this article recalls the need to take into serious consideration the cultural aspects of several world regions, not only the Anglo-Saxon or “developed world” perspective. In response to proposals for an ontological and ethical parity between machines and humans, Larrivee defends the idea that there is a dynamic, operational, global integration in living beings, confirmed by neuroscience, which “offers a basis for ascribing ontological distinction to humans and for informing ethical values guiding human-machine relations.”