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| verzen |
 Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 10:42 pm Post subject: Neuro Chemistry and ethics |
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I have always thought that Neuro Chemistry could cure people who are murderers, child molestors, and any bad form of social interpretation you can think of by changing their brain chemistry.
Do you think it is ethical to physically change someones brain chemistry by removing certain parts of their brain to make them function correctly in society?
The alternative to many of these people is death... Do you think that, between death and being mentally altered, there is an ethical boundry there that can be crossed in certain situations?
In my opinion, many may think of me as sick, or a monster for considering this. But if someone is on death row, they should, instead, be put into a science lab while scientists physically remove parts of their brain to see what happens.
Personally? I would glady remove the thoughts of killing others in my mind if it was the differance between living or dying.. (If I was a murderer)
Instead of killing people on death row, use them as test subjects.. Some may say that is not humane, but it's better then just killing them and wasting their corpse for something that doesnt benefit society at all.
What do people think? |
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| Pong |
| Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 3:01 am Post subject: |
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Benefit, huh? Then we should bake them and give the meat to poor families. OK, that's just wrong... how about selling their organs to wealthy individuals?  
Seriously, you're right. But it's unethical IMO. For several reasons, and most would take a paragraph to support. |
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| Stephen |
| Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 9:25 am Post subject: |
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| There is a flip side to this. If brain chemistry is responsible for behaviour then someone with an abnormal neurochemistry could excuse his actions on the grounds that it was the fault of his disorder. "My brain made me do it guv". Perhaps this is already happening as insanity is an accepted defence, and may be associated with abnormal brain chemistry. Certainly in this case, remedying the abnormal chemistry, if it were possible, would be the appropriate medical treatment and is already done in our mental hospitals with varying success. Of course, how this relates to criminals who are not insane is another matter. |
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| rancidchickn |
| Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 2:32 pm Post subject: |
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