Can Brain Scans Prove Criminals Unaccountable?
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Can brain scans prove criminals unaccountable?
Leonard Berlin reports that neuroscientific data play an increasing role in court. They have been used to argue that criminals are not morally responsible for their behaviour because their brains are 'faulty', and there is evidence that such data lead judges to pass more lenient sentences. I raise two concerns about the view that neuroscience can show criminals not to be morally responsible: Th...
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عنوان ژورنال: AJOB Neuroscience
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2150-7740,2150-7759
DOI: 10.1080/21507740.2014.884188