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Appendix sCottish CounCil on huMAn bioethiCs reCoMMendAtions on CyberneuroethiCs I The following recommendations were agreed by the Scottish Council on Human Bioethics and represent the first example of guidelines from a European ethics council on the topic of cyberneuroethics. Because different council members had different views concerning the strengths and weaknesses of the arguments in this book, it is not possible to describe the manner in which the recommendations were decided. The recommendations do, however, represent the general consensus of council members. Recommendations on Cyberneuroethics Changing Cognition – The freedom of persons with a limiting mental disability to increase their cognitive functions should be protected. Free Will and Moral Responsibility – Everyone should have the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his or her religion or belief.1 – Freedom to manifest one’s religion or beliefs should be subject only to such limitations as are prescribed by law and are necessary in a democratic 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.