Law, Cyborgs, and Technologically Enhanced Brains

Philosophies

Barfield, Woodrow¹ 

关键词: cyborg;    enhancement technology;    neuroprosthesis;    patent law;    copyright law;    cognitive liberty;    international law;   

DOI  :  10.3390/philosophies2010006

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

As we become more and more enhanced with cyborg technology, significant issues of law and policy are raised. For example, as cyborg devices implanted within the body create a class of people with enhanced motor and computational abilities, how should the law and policy respond when the abilities of such people surpass those of the general population? And what basic human and legal rights should be afforded to people equipped with cyborg technology as they become more machine and less biology? As other issues of importance, if a neuroprosthetic device is accessed by a third party and done to edit one’s memory or to plant a new memory in one’s mind, or even to place an ad for a commercial product in one’s consciousness, should there be a law of cognitive liberty or of “neuro-advertising” that applies? This paper discusses laws and statutes enacted across several jurisdictions which apply to cyborg technologies with a particular emphasis on legal doctrine which relates to neuroprosthetic devices.

【 授权许可】

CC BY