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Your moral compass
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RE: Your moral compass
(September 23, 2016 at 5:32 am)robvalue Wrote: If a true psycopath suddenly becomes "moral" (some form of religious subjective morality) it seems to me they're either pretending to do so pragmatically, or else an intangible threat/promise is enough to make them conform. Either way, it's not too impressive. Dealing with psycopaths in society is hard, but manipulating and scaring them isn't the best way IMO.

Are you familiar with the story of Beth Thomas? She was physically, mentally, and sexually abused at a very young age and basically had no emotions and no morals. She constantly abused her brother and wanted to murder her parents. But after years of treatment, she is by all accounts a perfectly normal, functional member of society now. Do you think she's still a psycho? Is this a nature/nurture thing?
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Your moral compass - by mcolafson - September 23, 2016 at 4:50 am
RE: Your moral compass - by robvalue - September 23, 2016 at 4:56 am
RE: Your moral compass - by mcolafson - September 23, 2016 at 5:07 am
RE: Your moral compass - by Jesster - September 23, 2016 at 5:03 am
RE: Your moral compass - by lugal ki en - September 23, 2016 at 5:07 am
RE: Your moral compass - by mcolafson - September 23, 2016 at 5:12 am
RE: Your moral compass - by lugal ki en - September 23, 2016 at 5:17 am
RE: Your moral compass - by Athene - September 23, 2016 at 2:46 pm
RE: Your moral compass - by LostLocke - September 23, 2016 at 3:29 pm
RE: Your moral compass - by robvalue - September 23, 2016 at 5:09 am
RE: Your moral compass - by Esquilax - September 23, 2016 at 5:18 am
RE: Your moral compass - by mcolafson - September 23, 2016 at 5:27 am
RE: Your moral compass - by Esquilax - September 23, 2016 at 5:29 am
RE: Your moral compass - by mcolafson - September 23, 2016 at 5:48 am
RE: Your moral compass - by Cyberman - September 25, 2016 at 10:21 pm
RE: Your moral compass - by lugal ki en - September 23, 2016 at 5:29 am
RE: Your moral compass - by robvalue - September 23, 2016 at 5:32 am
RE: Your moral compass - by Aegon - September 25, 2016 at 10:01 pm
RE: Your moral compass - by Esquilax - September 23, 2016 at 5:50 am
RE: Your moral compass - by mcolafson - September 23, 2016 at 6:04 am
RE: Your moral compass - by robvalue - September 23, 2016 at 6:18 am
RE: Your moral compass - by Homeless Nutter - September 23, 2016 at 6:07 am
RE: Your moral compass - by The Grand Nudger - September 23, 2016 at 11:13 am
RE: Your moral compass - by downbeatplumb - September 23, 2016 at 12:25 pm
RE: Your moral compass - by chimp3 - September 23, 2016 at 12:30 pm
RE: Your moral compass - by LostLocke - September 23, 2016 at 12:45 pm
RE: Your moral compass - by bennyboy - September 24, 2016 at 11:59 pm
RE: Your moral compass - by Thumpalumpacus - September 25, 2016 at 2:08 am
RE: Your moral compass - by robvalue - September 25, 2016 at 2:10 am
RE: Your moral compass - by Thumpalumpacus - September 25, 2016 at 3:31 am
RE: Your moral compass - by purplepurpose - September 25, 2016 at 4:41 am
RE: Your moral compass - by Thumpalumpacus - September 25, 2016 at 5:02 am
RE: Your moral compass - by purplepurpose - September 25, 2016 at 5:59 am
RE: Your moral compass - by Thumpalumpacus - September 25, 2016 at 10:44 am
RE: Your moral compass - by brewer - September 25, 2016 at 11:37 am
RE: Your moral compass - by purplepurpose - September 25, 2016 at 12:16 pm
RE: Your moral compass - by brewer - September 25, 2016 at 12:21 pm
RE: Your moral compass - by purplepurpose - September 25, 2016 at 12:43 pm
RE: Your moral compass - by chimp3 - September 25, 2016 at 10:46 am
RE: Your moral compass - by Thumpalumpacus - September 25, 2016 at 12:21 pm
RE: Your moral compass - by Thumpalumpacus - September 25, 2016 at 10:26 pm
RE: Your moral compass - by robvalue - September 25, 2016 at 4:50 am
RE: Your moral compass - by robvalue - September 25, 2016 at 5:14 am
RE: Your moral compass - by Foxaèr - September 25, 2016 at 11:38 am
RE: Your moral compass - by Edwardo Piet - September 25, 2016 at 11:39 am
RE: Your moral compass - by EruptedCarcassBloat - October 10, 2016 at 6:15 pm
RE: Your moral compass - by Whateverist - October 10, 2016 at 6:25 pm
RE: Your moral compass - by The Grand Nudger - October 10, 2016 at 6:19 pm
RE: Your moral compass - by EruptedCarcassBloat - October 10, 2016 at 6:27 pm
RE: Your moral compass - by The Grand Nudger - October 10, 2016 at 6:31 pm
RE: Your moral compass - by EruptedCarcassBloat - October 10, 2016 at 6:33 pm
RE: Your moral compass - by bennyboy - October 10, 2016 at 6:47 pm
RE: Your moral compass - by The Grand Nudger - October 10, 2016 at 6:43 pm
RE: Your moral compass - by EruptedCarcassBloat - October 10, 2016 at 6:45 pm
RE: Your moral compass - by EruptedCarcassBloat - October 10, 2016 at 6:54 pm
RE: Your moral compass - by The Grand Nudger - October 10, 2016 at 6:58 pm
RE: Your moral compass - by EruptedCarcassBloat - October 10, 2016 at 6:59 pm
RE: Your moral compass - by robvalue - October 11, 2016 at 5:52 am
RE: Your moral compass - by robvalue - October 11, 2016 at 6:39 am

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