Neuroscience and Social Problems: The Case of Neuropunishment

Buyx A, Birks D (2019)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2019

Journal

Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics Cambridge University Press (CUP)

Book Volume: 27

Pages Range: 628-634

Journal Issue: 4

DOI: 10.1017/S0963180118000269

Abstract

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.

Involved external institutions

Technische Universität München (TUM) DE Germany (DE) University of Oxford GB United Kingdom (GB)

How to cite

APA:

Buyx, A., & Birks, D. (2019). Neuroscience and Social Problems: The Case of Neuropunishment. Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, 27(4), 628-634. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0963180118000269

MLA:

Buyx, Alena, and David Birks. "Neuroscience and Social Problems: The Case of Neuropunishment." Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics 27.4 (2019): 628-634.

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