Surrendering to big brother might be the least bad option
We’re probably approaching a point where blue-collar crime could be eradicated, one way or the other. But the way does matter: we could eradicate crime through ubiquitous surveillance, or through drug...
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Let’s get rid of Heaven, Hell is what we need! (?)
In the beginning of this week, PLoS ONE published an interesting article suggesting that a country’s crime rates depend on the religious believes its population holds: Societies that believe in heaven...
View ArticleTreating ADHD may reduce criminality
Pharmaceutical treatment of attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is associated with reduced criminality according to a study published yesterday in the New England Journal of Medicine. The...
View ArticlePsychopaths should not be punished
Lincoln Frias – member of the International Neuroethics Society, Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (CAPES, NEPC-UFMG), Brazil. Please focus: now, imagine a cute little...
View ArticleIs this the real life, is this just fantasy? When should we act against...
A British nurse has been arrested for claiming online to have eaten two women, with the police digging up his garden. This is the latest twist on the Gilberto Valle case, where a New York policeman...
View ArticleTaking Rape Allegations Seriously: How Should We Treat the Accused?
Last week, the Crown Prosecution Service announced that it would not pursue further action against Oxford Union president Ben Sullivan, due to insufficient evidence arising from an investigation into...
View ArticleShould we do more to help paedophiles?
By Rebecca Roache Follow Rebecca on Twitter here Luke Malone has published an extremely moving, disturbing, and distressing article in Medium, entitled ‘You’re 16. You’re a pedophile. You don’t want to...
View ArticleA Challenge to Gun Rights
Written By Professor Jeff McMahan On this day in the US, around thirty people will be killed with a gun, not including suicides. Many more will be wounded. I can safely predict this number because...
View ArticleMcMahan’s Hazardous (and Irrelevant) Thought Experiment
Written by Professor Allen Buchanan and Professor Lance K. Stell This is a response to an earlier post, by Jeff McMahan, about the right to carry guns,...
View ArticleStrange brew: opiates from yeast
A recent series of papers have constructed a biochemical pathway that allows yeast to produce opiates. It is not quite a sugar-to-heroin home brew yet, but putting together the pieces looks fairly...
View ArticleGuest Post: Self defence and getting sacked
Written by Nick Shackel Cardiff University If you were attacked at a work party you would expect the person who attacked you to get sacked. In this case...
View ArticleCarissa Véliz on how our privacy is threatened when we use smartphones,...
Smartphones are like spies in our pocket; we should cover the camera and microphone of our laptops; it is difficult to opt out of services like Facebook that track us on the internet; IMSI-catchers can...
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Cross Post: Why you might want to think twice about surrendering online...
Written by Carissa Veliz DPhil Candidate in Philosophy, Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, University of Oxford This article was originally published in The Conversation Just a click away once you...
View ArticleVideo Series: Tom Douglas on Using Neurointerventions in Crime Prevention
Should neurointerventions be used to prevent crime? For example, should we use chemical castration as part of efforts to prevent re-offending in sex offenders? What about methadone treatment for...
View ArticleMind Control, Free Will, and Jessica Jones
By Hazem Zohny In the first season of the Netflix show Jessica Jones, our traumatized, alcoholic protagonist is up against a particularly nasty villain: Kilgrave. He is a mind-controller and complete...
View ArticleVideo Series: Tom Douglas Defends the Chemical Castration of Sex Offenders
The Minister of Justice in the UK wants to dramatically increase the use of chemical castration in sex offenders to reduce their risk of reoffending.Dr Tom Douglas (University of Oxford) argues that...
View ArticleMusic Streaming, Hateful Conduct and Censorship
Written by Rebecca Brown Last month, one of the largest music streaming services in the world, Spotify, announced a new ‘hate content and hateful conduct’ policy. In it, they state that “We believe in...
View Article‘Now Is Not The Time’: Is It Wrong To Engage In Political Debate Following A...
Written by Alexandra Couto and Guy Kahane In the days following the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in February 2018, many of the surviving students and staff gathered to demand immediate change...
View ArticleNeurointerventions, Disrespectful Messages, and the Right to be Listened to
Written by Gabriel De Marco Neurointerventions can be roughly described as treatments or procedures that act directly on the physical properties of the brain in order to affect the subject’s...
View ArticleVideo Interview: Jesper Ryberg on Neurointerventions, Crime and Punishment
Should neurotechnologies that affect emotional regulation, empathy and moral judgment, be used to prevent offenders from reoffending? Is it morally acceptable to offer more lenient sentences to...
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