Full Description
In this volume the authors explore the landscape of thought on the ethical and policy implications of Brain Computer Interface (BCI) technology. BCI technology is a promising and rapidly advancing research area. Recent developments in the technology, based on animal and human studies, allow for the restoration and potential augmentation of faculties of perception and physical movement, and even the transfer of information between brains. Brain activity can be interpreted through both invasive and non-invasive monitoring devices, allowing for novel, therapeutic solutions for individuals with disabilities and for other non-medical applications. However, a number of ethical and policy issues have been identified from the use of BCI technology, with the potential for near-future advancements in the technology to raise unique new ethical and policy questions that society has never grappled with before. The volume has three parts: 1) Past, Present and Future of BCI technology, 2) Ethical and Philosophical Issues and 3) Legal and Policy Implications. The rich and detailed picture of the field of BCI ethics with contributors from various fields and backgrounds, from academia and from the commercial sphere may serve as an introductory textbook into the neuroethics of BCI, or as a resource for neuroscientists, engineers, and medical practitioners to gain additional insight into the ethical and policy implications of their work.
Contents
1. An Introduction to Policy, Identity, and Neurotechnology: The Neuroethics of Brain-Computer Interfaces.- Part 1: The Past, Present, and Future of BCI Technology.- 2. Posthuman subjectivity in BCI-VR entanglement.- 3. "The trauma of losing your own identity again": The Ethics of Explantation of Brain-Computer Interfaces.- 4. Ethical Considerations of Endovascular Brain-Computer Interfaces.- 5. Future Developments in Brain/Neural-Computer Interface Technology.- 6. A Path to Science Fiction Style Technology Applications? The Example of Brain-to-Brain Interfaces.- Part 2: Ethical and Philosophical Issues.- 7. A Scoping Review of the Academic Literature on BCI Ethics.- 8. "HAVING THE ABILITY TO HAVE A GOOD LIFE: What might be the impact of BCIs?".- 9. Cyborg Virtues: Using Brain Stimulation for Moral Enhancement.- 10. Brain Co-Processors: Ethical and Social Implications.- Part 3: Legal and Policy Implications.- 11. United States Policy on BCIs: Funding Research, Regulating Therapies, and Commercializing Consumer Technology.- 12. "Memory Enhancement and Brain Computer Interface Devices: Technological Possibilities and Constitutional Challenges".- 13. Cyberneurosecurity.- 14. Perspectives of Current FDA Guidance on BCI Technology.- 15. Neurotechnology, Stakeholders, & Neuroethics: Real Decisions and Tradeoffs from an Insider's Perspective.
