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Legal Validity Of The Case Against Brain Scans Essay

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Micah Davis
Dr. Robyn Waller
Intro to Ethics (PHL292-004)
11/20/2014
The Case Against Brain Scans for the Prediction of Personality Traits There is much cause for concern when someone mentions the idea of scanning someone’s brain for personality traits. People tend to desire personal privacy especially when one is considering their very thoughts, characteristics, and tendencies. Just because one might have violent tendencies does not mean he or she wants them displayed to anyone without his or her willing consent (“willing consent” in this case meaning without punishment for not consenting or without reward for consenting). Besides, it might be argued that one does not have to follow the genetics with which one was born. For example, a person who is born with a violent disposition might, through therapy, experiences, or simply maturation, never become violent in action. For reasons of autonomy and privacy, it is obvious that scanning one’s brain to determine character traits as well as judging one on these scans is immoral, however different that may be to the legal validity of the use of such a mechanism of determination. Since this is a paper on ethics, it shall simply focus on the moral, and not the legal, implications. But first, …show more content…

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