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The Mystery of Mental Integrity: Clarifying Its Relevance to Neurotechnologies
The concept of mental integrity is currently a significant topic in discussions concerning the regulation of neurotechnologies. Technologies such as deep brain stimulation and brain-computer interfaces are believed to pose a unique threat to mental integrity, and some authors have advocated for a le...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10442279/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37614938 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12152-023-09525-2 |
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author | Zohny, Hazem Lyreskog, David M. Singh, Ilina Savulescu, Julian |
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description | The concept of mental integrity is currently a significant topic in discussions concerning the regulation of neurotechnologies. Technologies such as deep brain stimulation and brain-computer interfaces are believed to pose a unique threat to mental integrity, and some authors have advocated for a legal right to protect it. Despite this, there remains uncertainty about what mental integrity entails and why it is important. Various interpretations of the concept have been proposed, but the literature on the subject is inconclusive. Here we consider a number of possible interpretations and argue that the most plausible one concerns neurotechnologies that bypass one’s reasoning capacities, and do so specifically in ways that reliably lead to alienation from one’s mental states. This narrows the scope of what constitutes a threat to mental integrity and offers a more precise role for the concept to play in the ethical evaluation of neurotechnologies. |
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spelling | pubmed-104422792023-08-23 The Mystery of Mental Integrity: Clarifying Its Relevance to Neurotechnologies Zohny, Hazem Lyreskog, David M. Singh, Ilina Savulescu, Julian Neuroethics Original Paper The concept of mental integrity is currently a significant topic in discussions concerning the regulation of neurotechnologies. Technologies such as deep brain stimulation and brain-computer interfaces are believed to pose a unique threat to mental integrity, and some authors have advocated for a legal right to protect it. Despite this, there remains uncertainty about what mental integrity entails and why it is important. Various interpretations of the concept have been proposed, but the literature on the subject is inconclusive. Here we consider a number of possible interpretations and argue that the most plausible one concerns neurotechnologies that bypass one’s reasoning capacities, and do so specifically in ways that reliably lead to alienation from one’s mental states. This narrows the scope of what constitutes a threat to mental integrity and offers a more precise role for the concept to play in the ethical evaluation of neurotechnologies. Springer Netherlands 2023-08-21 2023 /pmc/articles/PMC10442279/ /pubmed/37614938 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12152-023-09525-2 Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Original Paper Zohny, Hazem Lyreskog, David M. Singh, Ilina Savulescu, Julian The Mystery of Mental Integrity: Clarifying Its Relevance to Neurotechnologies |
title | The Mystery of Mental Integrity: Clarifying Its Relevance to Neurotechnologies |
title_full | The Mystery of Mental Integrity: Clarifying Its Relevance to Neurotechnologies |
title_fullStr | The Mystery of Mental Integrity: Clarifying Its Relevance to Neurotechnologies |
title_full_unstemmed | The Mystery of Mental Integrity: Clarifying Its Relevance to Neurotechnologies |
title_short | The Mystery of Mental Integrity: Clarifying Its Relevance to Neurotechnologies |
title_sort | mystery of mental integrity: clarifying its relevance to neurotechnologies |
topic | Original Paper |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10442279/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37614938 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12152-023-09525-2 |
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