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'''Cognitive liberty''' (also known as '''"the right to mental self-determination"''') is the freedom of an individual to control his or her own mental processes, cognition, and consciousness. It has been argued to be both an extension of, and the principle underlying, the right to freedom of thought.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Sententia|first=Wrye|title=Neuroethical Considerations: Cognitive Liberty and Converging Technologies for Improving Human Cognition|journal=Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences|date=2004|page=223|doi=10.1196/annals.1305.014 |volume=1013}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Bublitz|first=Jan Christoph|author2=Merkel, Reinhard|title=Crime Against Minds: On Mental Manipulations, Harms and a Human Right to Mental Self-Determination|journal=Criminal Law and Philosophy|date=2014|volume=8|page=61}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Waterman|first=Daniel|editor-last=Hardison|editor-first=Casey William|title=Entheogens, Society & Law: Towards a Politics of Consciousness, Autonomy and Responsibility|publisher=Melrose Books|date=2013|page=18|isbn=9781908645616}}</ref> | '''Cognitive liberty''' (also known as '''"the right to mental self-determination"''') is the freedom of an individual to control his or her own mental processes, cognition, and consciousness. It has been argued to be both an extension of, and the principle underlying, the right to freedom of thought.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Sententia|first=Wrye|title=Neuroethical Considerations: Cognitive Liberty and Converging Technologies for Improving Human Cognition|journal=Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences|date=2004|page=223|doi=10.1196/annals.1305.014 |volume=1013}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Bublitz|first=Jan Christoph|author2=Merkel, Reinhard|title=Crime Against Minds: On Mental Manipulations, Harms and a Human Right to Mental Self-Determination|journal=Criminal Law and Philosophy|date=2014|volume=8|page=61}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Waterman|first=Daniel|editor-last=Hardison|editor-first=Casey William|title=Entheogens, Society & Law: Towards a Politics of Consciousness, Autonomy and Responsibility|publisher=Melrose Books|date=2013|page=18|isbn=9781908645616}}</ref> | ||
Though a relatively recently defined concept, many theorists see cognitive liberty as being of increasing importance as technological advances in neuroscience allow for an ever-expanding ability to directly influence consciousness.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Walsh|first=Charlotte|title=Drugs and human rights: private palliatives, sacramental freedoms and cognitive liberty|journal=International Journal of Human Rights|date=2010|volume=14|issue=3|page=433|doi=10.1080/13642980802704270|url=https://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/law/postgraduate/phd-mphil-research/files/Drugs-and-human-rights-Walsh-2010.pdf|access-date=2015-05-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160208015630/https://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/law/postgraduate/phd-mphil-research/files/Drugs-and-human-rights-Walsh-2010.pdf|archive-date=2016-02-08 | Though a relatively recently defined concept, many theorists see cognitive liberty as being of increasing importance as technological advances in neuroscience allow for an ever-expanding ability to directly influence consciousness.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Walsh|first=Charlotte|title=Drugs and human rights: private palliatives, sacramental freedoms and cognitive liberty|journal=International Journal of Human Rights|date=2010|volume=14|issue=3|page=433|doi=10.1080/13642980802704270|url=https://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/law/postgraduate/phd-mphil-research/files/Drugs-and-human-rights-Walsh-2010.pdf|access-date=2015-05-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160208015630/https://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/law/postgraduate/phd-mphil-research/files/Drugs-and-human-rights-Walsh-2010.pdf|archive-date=2016-02-08}}</ref> | ||
Cognitive liberty is not a recognized right in any international human rights treaties, but has gained a limited level of recognition in the United States, and is argued to be the principle underlying a number of recognized rights.<ref>Bublitz and Merkel, 60-1</ref> | Cognitive liberty is not a recognized right in any international human rights treaties, but has gained a limited level of recognition in the United States, and is argued to be the principle underlying a number of recognized rights.<ref>Bublitz and Merkel, 60-1</ref> | ||