RE: Objective morality as a proper basic belief
July 17, 2017 at 5:36 pm
(This post was last modified: July 17, 2017 at 5:38 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
@Jack
Interesting thing about that, and while it's important to say that conclusive findings regarding a nuerological theory of sociopathy are far, far from robust - a recent fmri study of something like 100 inmates showed that areas of the brain associated with empathy both failed to "light" and failed to make the expected connections to areas associated with decision making in subjects considered to have an average or normal psychological profile. It's important to note here that this would not mean they were incapable of morality or moral reasoning (objective or otherwise)..but that, at the very least, they were disadvantaged. Their subjective agency was either damaged or under/abnormally developed. More than that, the higher they scored into the realm of psycopathy, the more likely the fmri was to show the parts of their brains associated with pleasure lit.
It appears that some of these poor motherfuckers may have permanently crossed wires. Their "built in system" is either missing or malfunctioning. OTOH, there have probably been a fair few people diagnosed with either that had no crossed wires, no damage or chemical imbalance, just assholes.
Interesting thing about that, and while it's important to say that conclusive findings regarding a nuerological theory of sociopathy are far, far from robust - a recent fmri study of something like 100 inmates showed that areas of the brain associated with empathy both failed to "light" and failed to make the expected connections to areas associated with decision making in subjects considered to have an average or normal psychological profile. It's important to note here that this would not mean they were incapable of morality or moral reasoning (objective or otherwise)..but that, at the very least, they were disadvantaged. Their subjective agency was either damaged or under/abnormally developed. More than that, the higher they scored into the realm of psycopathy, the more likely the fmri was to show the parts of their brains associated with pleasure lit.
It appears that some of these poor motherfuckers may have permanently crossed wires. Their "built in system" is either missing or malfunctioning. OTOH, there have probably been a fair few people diagnosed with either that had no crossed wires, no damage or chemical imbalance, just assholes.
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