neuroright

English

Etymology

From neuro- +‎ right.

Noun

neuroright (plural neurorights)

1. (countable) A neurological right: any of a set of rights to freedom from abuses of neurotechnology, both for humans and for any transhumans as may eventually exist (such as the right not to have one's thoughts detected by others' mindreading against one's will, the right not to have one's personality altered against one's will, and others).
   • 2024 February 21, Sigal Samuel, quoting Rafael Yuste, “Your brain needs a really good lawyer: Can new legislation protect us from the companies building tech to read our minds?”, in Vox‎^[1], retrieved 2024-02-24:

     Ultimately, Yuste [Rafael Yuste, a Columbia University neuroscientist] wants a new international treaty on neurorights and a new international agency to make sure countries comply with it. He imagines the creation of something like the International Atomic Energy Agency, which monitors the use of nuclear energy.

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