Studies about the brain that call into question common notions of free will are not justification for ending criminal punishment.
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If crime wasn’t connected to punishment at all... then maybe... but it is , punishment regimes significantly impact the crimes committed in a jurisdiction.
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Whether the brain is deterministic, whether it acts before conscious rationale is determined, isn’t relevant - the brain obviously weighs the risk of punishment at some level , otherwise we wouldn’t see any deterrent effect (of well, anything , beyond crime too)
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There are good arguments for abolishing or radically revamping prison though , in favour of corporal punishment , the death penalty, and paying back damages through labour (with some freedom) /fin
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Corporal punishment seems better to me than taking away years of someone's life
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Agree fully , I also wonder whether technology might create a paradigm shift here where such punishment could be administered without a risk of permanently crippling be person.
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Nerve induction or something like, the possibilities are vast and potentially terrifying
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But seriously just as corporal punishment is more appealing than life in a cage, nerve induction will be more appealing than flogging, etc.
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