# Brain Implants Could Force New Ethical Principles by M. C. Roco and W. S. Bainbridge > "Perhaps wholly new ethical principles will govern in areas of radical technological advance, such as the acceptance of brain implants, the role of robots in human society, and the ambiguity of death in an era of increasing experimentation with cloning." > **— M. C. Roco and W. S. Bainbridge**, *2002, Overview of Converging Technologies for Improving Human Performance* ## Sources and Context - **Full source:** [Roco and Bainbridge, Overview of Converging Technologies for Improving Human Performance, 2002](https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/bioecon-%28%23%20023SUPP%29%20NSF-NBIC.pdf). The Overview places implants, robots, and the meaning of death together as subjects for future ethics. The Overview is the editors’ authored forecast within an NSF/DOC-sponsored volume; its views are not automatically U.S. Government policy. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Article:** [[articles/Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta|Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta]] - **Article:** [[articles/Who Pays for Your Heaven|Who Pays for Your Heaven]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Architecture of Continuity and Emerging Neuroinformatics Standards|The Architecture of Continuity and Emerging Neuroinformatics Standards]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Neurorights|Neurorights]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Converging Technologies for Improving Human Performance|Converging Technologies for Improving Human Performance]] - [[wiki/Neurorights|Neurorights]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "Perhaps wholly new ethical principles will govern in areas of radical technological advance, such as the acceptance of brain implants, the role of robots in human society, and the ambiguity of death in an era of increasing experimentation with cloning." — M. C. Roco and W. S. Bainbridge, 2002, Overview of Converging Technologies for Improving Human Performance https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-nbic-implants-new-ethics ```