RE: My (probably unpopular) opinion on arab refugees
December 7, 2016 at 5:50 pm
(This post was last modified: December 7, 2016 at 5:54 pm by Aristocatt.)
Why do you guys assume sociopaths don't have an empathy switch?
Lots of psychopaths of various stripes have been shown to both have mirror neurons, and that those neurons can go off when people are explicitly asked to put themselves in the shoes of another.
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-23431793
Psychopathy is complicated. There is a very good chance that there is more to this than just "moral subjectivist doesn't empathize".
Either way, it's not really pertinent. Empathy or not, shrugging your shoulders at the issue this thread is addressing because "moral subjectivity" is a low hanging fruit.
Lots of psychopaths of various stripes have been shown to both have mirror neurons, and that those neurons can go off when people are explicitly asked to put themselves in the shoes of another.
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-23431793
Psychopathy is complicated. There is a very good chance that there is more to this than just "moral subjectivist doesn't empathize".
Either way, it's not really pertinent. Empathy or not, shrugging your shoulders at the issue this thread is addressing because "moral subjectivity" is a low hanging fruit.
