(December 16, 2015 at 4:49 pm)Homeless Nutter Wrote:(December 16, 2015 at 4:34 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: [...]
I'm curious to know from a philosophical stand point.... if a person is a psychopath and does not have ability to feel empathy, and if this same person can only gain sexual gratification through rape and murder, what personal reason should he have for not going through with it? [...]
Let me answer with a question: if a person is a psychopath and does not have ability to feel empathy, and if this same person can only gain sexual gratification through rape and murder, what personal reason should they have for not believing, that god approves of their acts - just like many gods approved of many atrocities in the past?
After all - all they have to go by is what society tells them - be it a sincere promise, that if they rape and/or kill someone, they'll suffer dire consequences at the hands of the majority of society, who do feel empathy. Or the promise that if they try not to hurt anyone - they'll live forever in a happy place, where they'll be able to do anything they want. Which in their case is murder and rape... :/
Look at ISIS - they do believe they're going to be raping virgins in heaven, if they murder innocent people on Earth. How do you imagine that's supposed to make them understand that murder and rape are unacceptable?
My answer is that human life is sacred and has objective value, regardless of whether a particular individual cares about that person or not. And raping and murdering women is objectively immoral, regardless of whether someone thinks it is or not.
So regardless of whether a person feels empathy or not, they still shouldn't rape/murder people because people have intrinsic value and doing so is objectively wrong.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh
