New Publication: "Rethinking the narrative of the insufficiency of human rights in the neurorights discourse" Former Stehr-Boldt Fellow Diego Borbón has published a new chapter in the book Developments in Neuroethics and Bioethics - Elsevier
Borbón examines the recurring claim that existing human rights frameworks are insufficient to address the challenges posed by emerging neurotechnologies, a narrative that has legitimized the so-called neurorights. The chapter reviews this rhetoric of insufficiency across scholarly literature, legislative and constitutional initiatives in Latin America, and reports by the NeuroRights Foundation. The analysis argues that proponents tend to portray established rights as inadequate without sufficient legal justification, while projecting speculative dystopian scenarios unsupported by empirical evidence. By dissecting these arguments, the chapter highlights the adaptability and interpretative capacity of existing human rights instruments, and concludes that strengthening their interpretation and enforcement, together with targeted statutory developments and international conventions, offers a more coherent and effective response than the adoption of new catalogues of rights.
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