Fin/
A warm thanks to all contributors for their hopefully timeless pieces.

13/ Finally, Emine Ozge Yildirim-Vranckaert explores the absolute nature of the right, in analogy to the prohibition of torture. Perusasively, she argues that the "threshold" approach by the ECtHR in Art. 3 can be applied, mutatis mutandis, to freedom of thought.
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

12/ Ligthart, in turn, replies to several points, clarifies his argument, and identifies common ground and open questions. Thanks for the fair debate, which we hopefully continue.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

11/ In response, I present ten different understandings of "thought". Drawing on the Vienna rules and canons of interpretation, I propose a broader "robust scope". I also provide a test for identifying potentially impermissible interferences.
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

10/ Drawing on a range of sources, Sjors Ligthart challenges the idea that aspects of mental privacy fall under the right to freedom of thought and argues for a more limited scope, only "thoughts that have a major impact on a person's way of living" should qualify.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

9/ My co-editor Marc Blitz explores positive and mnegative variants of cognitive liberty under the US Constitution, and finds possible precedents for its future evolution in privacy protections against surveillance technologies and 1st amendment doctrines.
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

8/ In chapter 5, Jordan Wallace-Wolf addresses a long-standing puzzle: Why does American law give criminal defendants the right to refuse to incriminate themselves—even when their testimony would help find the truth? And should this extend to refusing brain scans revealing incriminating memories?

7/ Patrick O'Callaghan & Bethany Shiner situate "privacy as mental integrity" within the intellectual and legal history of privacy rights. They explain this concept as one of at least six different socio-cultural narratives about privacy that each shape law in distinctive ways.

6/ Chapter 3 by Emma Dore-Hagen & Tom Douglas tackles a foundational question: Does freedom of thought include a moral right to acquire control over our thoughts including through psychological techniques? And should others be prohibited from interfering with our attempts to gain such control?

5/ In chapter 2, I trace the evolution of cognitive liberty from a countercultural rallying cry in the bay area to a norm explicitly recognized in international soft law instrument. I present different understandings and speculate about its future. Chapter free:
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

4/ The essay was also the opener for the new Journal of Cognitive Liberties, a "samisdat" with readers around the globe. The journals are still accessible online:

www.cognitiveliberty.org/journal-of-c...

3/ The essay was an eye- and mind-opener for many, showing the need for an updated interpretation of the concept and right of freedom of thought: cognitive liberty. At the same time, the Center for Cognitive Liberty & Ethics was founded to advocate for the right in courts and politics.

2/ Book: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

You can also read our preface detailing the chapters here: link.springer.com/content/pdf/...

We are especially happy about reprinting the pathbreaking essay "On Cognitive Liberty" by Richard Glen Boire (2000), who coined the term with Wyre Sententia.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcXh...