🧩 Philosophy Feb 20, 2026 · Tom Douglas

New Book: Protecting Minds – The Right Against Mental Interference

Practical Ethics Oxford
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If your doctor injects you with a vaccine without your consent, or a stranger strokes the back of your neck on a packed train, we would think that they have wronged you, morally speaking. And we might capture this wrong by saying that they have trespassed on your body or infringed your right against bodily interference. By contrast, if a computer game designer uses loot boxes to boost your desire to keep playing a game, or a video platform uses subliminal imagery to create positive associations

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