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Theists: how do you account for psychopaths?

Poll: How do you account for psychopaths?
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I don’t believe God is responsible for our morality
50.00%
 4 50.00%
I don’t accept that psychopaths really exist
0%
 0 0%
Psychopaths are choosing to ignore their innate sense of right and wrong
0%
 0 0%
God mistakenly misses out psychopaths when granting morality
0%
 0 0%
It’s the psychopath’s fault they have no empathy
25.00%
 2 25.00%
It’s because of “the fall”
0%
 0 0%
Other
25.00%
 2 25.00%
Total 8 vote(s) 100%
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RE: Theists: how do you account for psychopaths?
May 23, 2018 at 1:37 pm (This post was last modified: May 23, 2018 at 2:08 pm by robvalue.)
(May 23, 2018 at 12:35 pm)mh.brewer Wrote:
(May 23, 2018 at 12:20 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Two people having 2 different opinions about something doesn't mean there isn't a correct answer. A person can think rape is a good thing. But he is wrong, it isnt. Thats what i mean by morality being objective.

JFC, don't bring rape into this, unless your willing to concede that all rapists are psychopaths. (be careful here)

So do you get to say what is correct for them? Nope, you only get to say what is correct for you. Society as a whole gets to say what is correct for them (with in limits). It's called laws.

Right, and this is the difference between laws and morality. I wouldn't judge a psychopath to be immoral if they were hurting someone, but I want them stopped anyway. Laws protect society, whereas morality is simply an assessment of “goodness” made by a particular observer.

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RE: Theists: how do you account for psychopaths? - by robvalue - May 23, 2018 at 1:37 pm

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