Brain Pioneers and Moral Entanglement: An Argument for Post‐trial Responsibilities in Neural‐Device Trials

• DOI: 10.1002/hast.1566
• Publication Date: 2024-02-23T09:22:56Z
• Authors: Sara Goering; Andrew I. Brown; Eran Klein
• Keywords: Argument (complex analysis); Vulnerability

We argue that in implanted neurotechnology research, participants and researchers experience what Henry Richardson has called "moral entanglement." Participants partially entrust with access to their brains thus information would otherwise be private, leading created intimacies special obligations of beneficence for research funding agencies. One these obligations, we argue, is about continued beneficial technology once a trial ends. make the case moral entanglement this context through exploration participants' vulnerability, uncompensated risks burdens, depth relationship team, dependence on trials.