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Neurointerventions, Crime, and Punishment - Ethical Considerations (Hardcover)
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Neurointerventions, Crime, and Punishment - Ethical Considerations (Hardcover)
Series: Studies in Penal Theory and Philosophy
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Advances in new neuroscientific research tools and technologies
have not only led to new insight into the processes of the human
brain, they have also refined and provided genuinely new ways of
modifying and manipulating the human brain. The aspiration of such
interventions is to affect conative, cognitive, and affective brain
processes associated with emotional regulation, empathy, and moral
judgment. Can the use of neuroscientific technologies for
influencing the human functioning brain as a means of preventing
offenders from engaging in future criminal conduct be justified? In
Neurointerventions, Crime, and Punishment, Jesper Ryberg considers
various ethical challenges surrounding this question. More
precisely, he provides a framework for considering neuroethical
issues within the criminal justice system and examines a set of
procedures which the criminal justice system relies on to deal with
criminal offending. To do this, Ryberg addresses the following
questions, among others: Is it morally acceptable to offer more
lenient sentences to offenders in return for participation in
neuroscientific treatment programs? Or would such offers be
unacceptably coercive? Is it possible to administer
neurointerventions as a type of punishment? Would it be acceptable
for physicians to participate in the administration of
neurointerventions on offenders? What is the moral significance of
the sordid history of brain interventions for the present or future
use of such treatment options? As rehabilitation comes back into
fashion after many decades and as neuroscientific knowledge and
technology advance rapidly, these intricate and controversial
topics become increasingly more urgent. Ryberg argues that many of
the in-principle objections to neuroscientific treatment are
premature, but given the way criminal justice systems currently
function, such treatment methods should not be put into practice.
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