Neuroscience and social problems: the case of neuropunishment
Neuroscientific interventions are increasingly proposed as solutions for social problems, beyond their application in biomedicine. For example, there is increasing interest, particularly from outside commentators, in harnessing neuroscientific advances as an alternative method of punishing criminal...
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2018
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| description | Neuroscientific interventions are increasingly proposed as solutions for social problems, beyond their application in biomedicine. For example, there is increasing interest, particularly from outside commentators, in harnessing neuroscientific advances as an alternative method of punishing criminal offenders. Such neuropunishments are seen as a potentially more effective, less costly, and more humane alternative to incarceration, with overall better results for offender, communities, and societies. This article considers whether neuroscience as a field should engage more actively with such proposals, and whether more research should be done to explore the use of neurointerventions for punishment. It concludes that neuroscientists and those working at the intersection of neuroscience and the clinic should actively shape these debates. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:8cdcc949-00e0-499f-8e05-c7c58e0865cf2022-03-26T22:47:18ZNeuroscience and social problems: the case of neuropunishmentJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:8cdcc949-00e0-499f-8e05-c7c58e0865cfSymplectic Elements at OxfordCambridge University Press2018Buyx, ABirks, DNeuroscientific interventions are increasingly proposed as solutions for social problems, beyond their application in biomedicine. For example, there is increasing interest, particularly from outside commentators, in harnessing neuroscientific advances as an alternative method of punishing criminal offenders. Such neuropunishments are seen as a potentially more effective, less costly, and more humane alternative to incarceration, with overall better results for offender, communities, and societies. This article considers whether neuroscience as a field should engage more actively with such proposals, and whether more research should be done to explore the use of neurointerventions for punishment. It concludes that neuroscientists and those working at the intersection of neuroscience and the clinic should actively shape these debates. |
| spellingShingle | Buyx, A Birks, D Neuroscience and social problems: the case of neuropunishment |
| title | Neuroscience and social problems: the case of neuropunishment |
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