Your moral compass

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I disagree.  I think that we all inherently believe that some things are wrong.  That this requires no god, no divine law....that many of us would recognize injustice -as- injustice, and that sociopaths are simply, and punish-ably...... wrong.

Punishably wrong? I'm probably one of the few people that don't actually condemn psychopathic people. Because I see psychopathy as basically a medical condition, that's the way their brains work and I wouldn't condemn a psychopathic person for not having empathy any more than I wouldn't condemn a severely mentally handycapped person for pooping their pants or something. I believe in order for society to work there has to be some sort of control of people, that much is obvious. I am all for law enforcement. 

What I see as a problem though, is the sort of dogmatic nature of morality, that seems rather religious. Why not just say that we shouldn't do some things because they aren't right, and then try to understand why some people wouldn't follow those rules? I never really understood the point of punishment. Is it about vengeance? That's not productive. Is it about keeping society safe? Well okay, but why do you have to do that at the expense of vulnerable people? I mean, this may seem really backwards, but trust me I actually am trying to present a more humanistic side to all of this here.

Now, don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to give psychopaths more fuel to say that they're a victim and get away with crimes. However I would also argue that not all psychopaths are criminals. I'm just saying we should try to create a society where some people aren't condemned to misery and failure just because of the unfortunate nature of the brain they were born with, like the criminally psychopathic. I'm not saying I have an answer to the problem, I'm just saying I wish that there was a way that we could help so we could save their lives too, instead of just punishing them to save the lives of others.

I'm trying to think of everyone here.