ethics of crime

Like any good Law and Order episode, the excuse of "my brain made me do it", will be given at some point. But then the question remains, if your brain made you do it who should be punished? Where does the criminal mind and the human body that commits the crime become one? People that use the excuse that their biology made them commit a crime should still be punished as the law suggests, since their "biology" would just as quickly allow them to commit the crime again. I believe that most ethics are not hard wired into the brain. There are many cultures that treat women as though they are less than human, which  should be an obvious ethical issue, yet the treatment continues today though. So if ethics were hard wired into humans then in no culture would women be treated unequally. Ethics are a cultural evolution issue, again with women’s rights, every country did not grant women the right to vote at the same time and there are still countries that do not allow women to vote. Ethics are dependent on the progressive nature of culture. Though there are a few ethical concepts that are hard wired into people, such as the “don’t kill your children” kind of ethics. The majority of humans are programmed to take care of weaker things that appeal to a sense of empathy. Though there are a few that do not automatically feel the need to take care of others and do not other’s feelings, those people are considered sociopaths.