1st Edition

Cyborg Rights Extending Cognition, Ethics, and the Law

By S. Orestis Palermos Copyright 2026
144 Pages
by Routledge

144 Pages
by Routledge

144 Pages
by Routledge

This book explores the ethical, legal, and rights-related ramifications of the Hypothesis of Extended Cognition and the Extended Mind Thesis. Focusing on technologies designed to extend our cognitive and mental capacities, it highlights serious threats associated with their development and deployment—and examines potential strategies for addressing them. The discussion begins with an accessible... Read more

1. Stage Setting

2. Cyborg Minds

3. Extended Mental Privacy

4. Extended Mental Integrity

5. Extended Personal Assault: Addendum

6. Exit Stage

Biography

S. Orestis Palermos is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Ioannina, Greece, specialising in contemporary analytic philosophy. With a background in chemical engineering, he earned an MSc and PhD in Philosophy from the University of Edinburgh and has held academic positions in the UK. He has published in prominent philosophy journals and co-edited Feminist Philosophy and Emerging Technologies, Extended Epistemology, and Socially Extended Epistemology.

"Palermos offers a timely and critical contribution to the interdisciplinary field encompassing philosophy, technology, ethics, and law. Through compelling arguments, this book prompts a necessary re-evaluation of how emerging technologies and advancements will unexpectedly reshape social structures and legal frameworks.”

Andrea Lavazza, University of Pavia, Italy