Neurorights for Incarcerated Persons: Should We Curb Inflation?

Authors

Shannon Fyfe, Washington and Lee University School of LawFollow
Elizabeth Lanphier, University of Cincinnati College of MedicineFollow
Andrew Peterson, George Mason UniversityFollow

Document Type

Response or Comment

Publication Title

AJOB Neuroscience

Publication Date

2022

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1080/21507740.2022.2082585

Abstract

We support protecting privacy and freedom, both generally and in carceral settings. Yet we remain skeptical that expanding so-called “neurorights” achieves these aims (cf. Bublitz 2022). Instead, it may inflate human rights in ways that diminish the ability to enforce them, overlook the ways in which incarceration is at odds with other human rights, and raise questions of whether neurotechnologies can violate such rights in the ways Ligthart et al. imply.

Recommended Citation

Shannon Fyfe, Elizabeth Lanphier & Andrew Peterson, Neurorights for Incarcerated Persons: Should We Curb Inflation?, 13 AJOB Neuroscience 165 (2022).