(December 16, 2015 at 5:22 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote:(December 16, 2015 at 5:12 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: It means that he is not welcome in society that values empathy, and that he will be removed should he act out his impulses.
Makes sense, thanks.
So if a person lives in a society that doesn't care about keeping women safe and sees rape as the right of a man, then there is absolutely 0 reason why a psychopath with a violent fetish shouldn't rape and murder. Is that accurate?
No. There are other, biological reasons, which is why such behavior is relatively rare. Individuals killed by tribal justice, or turned out of the tribe, for acting that way would have a much smaller chance of surviving inside the wild long enough to pass on his or her genes, or even survive at all before the rise of civilization. Continued breathing strikes me as a powerful motivator.
The failure to pass on one's genes, including those affecting mental disorders, would result in fewer deranged individuals, leading naturally to a society which doesn't share their values.
No appeal to objective morality is needed, which is clearly what you're aiming at.
