Ethics and Brain Implants in the Military [Commentary]

Wigan, Marcus

Abstract

Definitions are a key factor when discussing the ethics of brain implants in the military. There is a world of difference between a permanent embedded rewritable chip and an active RFID-managed interface to a nervous system.

Citation

Wigan, M. (2017). Ethics and Brain Implants in the Military [Commentary]. IEEE technology & society magazine, 36(1), 65-68. https://doi.org/10.1109/mts.2017.2654292

• Journal Article Type: Commentary
• Acceptance Date: Mar 15, 2017
• Online Publication Date: Mar 15, 2017
• Publication Date: 2017-03
• Deposit Date: Jan 23, 2018
• Journal: IEEE Technology and Society Magazine
• Print ISSN: 0278-0097
• Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 36
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 65-68
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/mts.2017.2654292
• Keywords: Ethics, Implants, Law, Weapons, Military aircraft, Integrated circuits, Robots, Brain modeling
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1029695