Pre-emptive confinement

[EqualityandFreedom]

As a hypothetical scenario suppose it could be determined from someone's adolescence, childhood or even before that they would or there was a very high probability they would grow up to be say a serial murderer. Would you support the pre-emptive confinement (not necessarily in a prison) of this individual?

[mel]

As a hypothetical scenario suppose it could be determined from someone's adolescence, childhood or even before that they would or there was a very high probability they would grow up to be say a serial murderer. Would you support the pre-emptive confinement (not necessarily in a prison) of this individual?

I reject that such a thing can be determined so early, and if somehow it can be, then we've reached a point where we understand the illness well enough to treat it before it becomes a problem.

If we have the degree of understanding necessary to understand the causes and can treat it, than at most we can justify mandatory visits with whatever type of doctor can treat the issue.

If we don't have that degree of understanding, then we can't know with high probability that they would grow up to be, for instance, a serial murderer, so we aren't justified in taking that sort of action.

[Nwoye]

I don't see how pre-emptive confinement (completely excluding him from society and denying him his humanity) would really help the situation. I don't know if it's worth it i guess.

[Rosa Lichtenstein]

Yes if this individual was any one of these: George W Bush, Tony Blair, Binyamin Netanyahu, Nick Griffin...

[spiltteeth]

Confined for perhaps turning into a serial killer? No.

However, if a good case was made that it was highly probable a person would turn out to be republican? Then yes. Yes I would support confinement.

[Axle]

No. Even if there were a high probability of a young person developing such severe anti-social tendencies, they should be treated, not confined.

[Rosa Lichtenstein]

'Treated' for what? And how?

And how would you determine if they had been 'cured'?

[Lord Hargreaves]

Im not sure how such a question could be answered "correctly", any response that comes to mind seems to be wrong