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144 • Cyborg Mind resulting from the disease or drug treatment, themselves, have actually been seen to be reversed through the use of DBS.177 As such, this confirms the possibility of using neuronal interface tech- nologies for dramatic nondisruptive personality-altering effects.178 These may then raise some serious ethical dilemmas in terms of the way in which a person considers who he or she is.179 As Cheshire explains: Technologies that stimulate, inhibit, or modulate highly personal brain func- tions might render assessments of personal authenticity less certain. The person under the influence of the technology might ask with good reason, which is the ‘real me?’  – how I perceive myself and am inclined to think and act when the switch is turned on, or when it is turned off?180 Similarly, in its 2007 report entitled Boosting Your Brainpower: Ethical Aspects of Cognitive Enhancements, the British Medical Association indicates: ‘There is something startling and potentially worrying about interventions designed to alter the healthy brain which controls such facets of personality, individu- ality and our sense of self. If we tamper with it, is there a risk we may lose our sense of who we are.’181 But the report then goes on to note that a person’s sense of identity changes, naturally, throughout his or her life, with different aspects of this identity developing over time.182 Nevertheless, it is accepted that any changes of identity using neuronal interfaces should only be considered after careful ethical consideration and only when seeking to restore, but not artificially modify, the genuine person- ality of a person. Moreover, in the same way as plastic surgery may not always be a remedy to the image problem of a person, the creation of a ‘plastic per- sonality’ through neuronal interfaces may not always be the best experience for a person who wants a genuine personality. Finally, it worth noting that the way in which changes to the brain affect personality are complex and not well understood. This means that a too- simplistic, one-to-one connection between changes in certain brain areas and specific personality modifications should be avoided.183 Changing Identity Dictionary definitions of ‘identity’ are sometimes related to the work of American developmental psychologist Erik Erikson (1902–94) in the 1950s, who coined the term ‘identity crisis’.184 His concept of ‘ego iden- tity’ suggested that the interaction of a person’s biological characteristics, psychology and cultural context shaped his or her identity.185 Given this, an individual’s identity can be defined as the characteristics that determine who a person is. This open access edition has been made available under a CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license thanks to the support of Knowledge Unlatched. Not for resale.
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Cyborg Mind What Brain–Computer and Mind–Cyberspace Interfaces Mean for Cyberneuroethics
Titel
Cyborg Mind
Untertitel
What Brain–Computer and Mind–Cyberspace Interfaces Mean for Cyberneuroethics
Autor
Calum MacKellar
Verlag
Berghahn Books
Datum
2019
Sprache
englisch
Lizenz
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
ISBN
978-1-78920-015-7
Abmessungen
15.2 x 22.9 cm
Seiten
264
Schlagwörter
Singularity, Transhumanism, Body modification, Bioethics
Kategorie
Technik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

  1. Chapter 1. Why Use the Term ‘Cyberneuroethics’? 9
    1. The ‘Cyber’ Prefix 9
    2. The ‘Neuro’ Prefix 15
    3. Ethics 16
    4. Neuroethics 17
    5. Cyberneuroethics 18
    6. The Terminology Being Used 19
  2. Chapter 2. Popular Understanding of Neuronal Interfaces 25
    1. Public Understanding in the Media 27
  3. Chapter 3. Presentation of the Brain–Mind Interface 31
    1. The Central Nervous System 31
    2. The Mind 37
    3. The Brain–Mind Interface 38
  4. Chapter 4. Neuronal Interface Systems 43
    1. Developments in Information Technology 44
    2. Developments in Understanding the Brain 45
    3. Developments in Neuronal Interfaces 46
    4. Procedures Involved in Neuronal Interfaces 47
    5. Output Neuronal Interface Systems: Reading the Brain and Mind 49
    6. Input Neuronal Interface Systems: Changing the Brain and Mind 57
    7. Feedback Systems of the Brain and Mind 67
    8. Ethical Issues Relating to the Technology of Neuronal Interfaces 84
  5. Chapter 5. Cyberneuroethics 99
    1. General Ethical Considerations Relating to Neuronal Interfaces 101
    2. Online Humans 106
    3. Changing Cognition 113
    4. Changing Consciousness 131
    5. Escaping Reality 135
    6. Changing Mood 140
    7. Changing Personality 142
    8. Changing Identity 144
    9. The Concept of Humanity 154
    10. Uploading a Mind 167
    11. Issues of Privacy 184
  6. Chapter 6. Neuronal Interfaces and Policy 217
    1. New Cybercrimes 218
    2. Policy Concerns 223
    3. Conclusion 229
    4. Human Autonomy 232
    5. Resistance to Such a Development 234
    6. Risks of Neuronal Interfaces 234
    7. Appendix. Scottish Council on Human Bioethics Recommendations on
    8. Cyberneuroethics 239
    9. Glossary 244
    10. Index 251
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