Brain Mapping

Brain mapping is a new technology aimed on understanding of the relationship between structure and function in the human brain. In that case, scientists in this field can seek to gain knowledge of the physical processes that underly human sensation, attention awareness and cognition. (Brandmapping, 2007) Yet this technology is still a cause of ethic problems since it has many negative sides. In order to avoid that, the most important thing is not to abuse the using of brain mapping.
Firstly, I believe brain mapping should not be own by the public or society. For some employers, brain mapping can give them a view of their employees’ brain activities and they may fire anyone who seems less useful to them. I believe this is the abuse of brain mapping since we do not know whether it is accurate all the time. If not, it is unfair for those employees who are fired. Moreover, even if brain mapping is always accurate, reading a person’s brain encroach those employees on human right. Hence, brain mapping should not be introduced to the public or society.
Secondly, it is still not sure that whether brain mapping can be use in providing evidences in criminal cases. The biggest problem is still the accuracy of brain mapping. If brain mapping can be considered as a technology to read criminal or suspect person’s mind, it must be very accurate to avoid incorrect judgments. However, the fact is that it cannot be sure. As a result, brain mapping cannot be used as a main method in solving criminal cases.
Lastly, the cost of brain mapping is very expensive. The abuse of this technology can cost lots of money. In case of that, the government cannot afford it and the people will not accept it since the high cost.
In conclusion, brain mapping is still under developing and cannot be widely use in either society or solving criminal cases. It still has a long way to go.

References


Brandmapping(2007) Retrieved November 6, 2008, from http://www.brainmapping.org/