Introduction
“If someone could alter or decode your thoughts without consent, would current legal protections still hold?”
Brief Topic Overview
In this session, we explore how neurotechnologies challenge foundational concepts of personhood, privacy, and autonomy. The rise of technologies capable of accessing and manipulating the human mind has led to calls for a new generation of rights: neurorights.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this session, you will be able to:
- Define mental privacy and cognitive liberty as emerging dimensions of human rights;
- Analyse the impacts of neurotechnology on identity, memory, and moral agency;
- Critically evaluate legal and philosophical arguments for the creation of neurorights;
- Explore the operational challenges of enforcing these rights across jurisdictions.