Neuroright
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 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). countable
"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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From neuro- + right.
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