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2 Is damage to an advanced prosthesis property damage or a personal injury?
3 Is fatal damage to this prosthesis property damage or wrongful death?
4 Perspective
5 Three Questions
6 The “Rule of Law” Question
7 The “Evolution” Question
8 The “Epochal” Question
9 The world that’s on it’s way is called …
10 The path we’re on to get there is cyborgization.
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12 Cyborgization is an aspect of human enhancement
13 Advanced Prostheses are a Human Enhancement Enabling Technology (HEET)
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15 Transhuman Jurisprudence
16 Hacking Neuroprosthesis Cognitive Liberty
17 Which part of this picture is your body?
18 Which part of this picture is not your body?
19 The Body and a Ship Called Theseus
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21 A Human[?] Being Called Theseus
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23 One View of the Body and Three Values
24 Subjectivity is Embodied
25 Identity is Embodied
26 Agency is Embodied
Theories Dignity, Personhood, Sanctity Autonomy in Support of Privacy Autonomy in Support of Property 27 Right to Bodily Integrity
Abandon overarching right to bodily integrity based on theories of: property, autonomy (privacy), or dignity with scope confined to boundaries of physical, organic, continuous human body. 28 Human Body as connected to Environment
Replace rights IN our bodies, i.e., property, autonomy, dignity, with rights to functions and capabilities THROUGH our bodies, however they are sustained or modified. 29 Human Body as an Environmental Interface
Replace traditional right to bodily integrity with rights to sustain, modify, and enhance: embodied subjectivity; embodied identity; and, embodied agency. 30 Human Body as an instrument of the Self
Protect a [human] being’s interest in: embodied identity. embodied subjectivity, and embodied agency. If damaged, create liability independent of characterizations such as “property,” “body,” “organic,” “synthetic”, etc. These are arbitrary in a future given by cyborgization. 31 Cyborg Liability
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