psychedelicsoul
Bluelighter
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I think we all have sociopathy wrong. I don't think it's very black and white. I think we all have a level of sociopathy within us and it's totally natural.
Behaviors that exemplify this include...
Bullying
Hunting
Eating meat when we don't really need to
and even harmless stuff like trolling people online
I think it works as a spectrum. We have the depraved sickos we traditionally call "sociopaths", killing small animals and hurting peoples emotions for fun, the ones who don't become serial killers that is.
Then we have average people... generally we can tend to have a cynical sense of humor with no regard to the others feelings... and that's me. When I make a joke, I don't care if it hurts peoples feelings. Also, the average person is capable to turn a blind eye to the suffering of animals and eat meat anyway. Some people, like me, are perfectly capable of hunting. Take your cutest animal, and I bet you I could shoot it in the face without blinking my eyes.
And then you have people with higher empathy... Vegans, anti-bullying people, anti-suicide people, LGBT activists, politically correct people, people who don't like offensive humor and anti-war people.
Some people have a greater capacity for empathy, which isn't necessarily good. Some of these people forsake logic, and ideals as a result of thier emotions. This is especially true with vegans. I've heard so much illogical stuff from them as a result of letting their emotions cloud their reason.
Now I think it's a good thing that not all people are capable of higher empathy. The reason why is because logic and reason are important, as well as values and concepts. For example... Due to my lack of empathy for people who choose suicide, I'm able to withhold my belief in freedom without guilt. I can eat meat without guilt. I can use logic, reason and withhold my belief in freedom and individuality.
Even if I did feel bad for certain groups of people, I don't allow empathy to cloud what I think is morally right. And I don't use empathy to determine what is or isn't moral.
Of course, being completely devoid of any empathy isn't ideal either.
Basically, I think that empathy exists within all of us in a natural spectrum, much like sexuality. Some of us, either through environment or birth, are capable of more/less empathy than we are. And empathy can be like a drug, it can warp your mind and make you stupider, or it can make you a better person. Of course morality is subjective, so I can't say what's "right" or "wrong"
But it's a good thing that the average person doesn't feel too much empathy or not enough empathy.
Behaviors that exemplify this include...
Bullying
Hunting
Eating meat when we don't really need to
and even harmless stuff like trolling people online
I think it works as a spectrum. We have the depraved sickos we traditionally call "sociopaths", killing small animals and hurting peoples emotions for fun, the ones who don't become serial killers that is.
Then we have average people... generally we can tend to have a cynical sense of humor with no regard to the others feelings... and that's me. When I make a joke, I don't care if it hurts peoples feelings. Also, the average person is capable to turn a blind eye to the suffering of animals and eat meat anyway. Some people, like me, are perfectly capable of hunting. Take your cutest animal, and I bet you I could shoot it in the face without blinking my eyes.
And then you have people with higher empathy... Vegans, anti-bullying people, anti-suicide people, LGBT activists, politically correct people, people who don't like offensive humor and anti-war people.
Some people have a greater capacity for empathy, which isn't necessarily good. Some of these people forsake logic, and ideals as a result of thier emotions. This is especially true with vegans. I've heard so much illogical stuff from them as a result of letting their emotions cloud their reason.
Now I think it's a good thing that not all people are capable of higher empathy. The reason why is because logic and reason are important, as well as values and concepts. For example... Due to my lack of empathy for people who choose suicide, I'm able to withhold my belief in freedom without guilt. I can eat meat without guilt. I can use logic, reason and withhold my belief in freedom and individuality.
Even if I did feel bad for certain groups of people, I don't allow empathy to cloud what I think is morally right. And I don't use empathy to determine what is or isn't moral.
Of course, being completely devoid of any empathy isn't ideal either.
Basically, I think that empathy exists within all of us in a natural spectrum, much like sexuality. Some of us, either through environment or birth, are capable of more/less empathy than we are. And empathy can be like a drug, it can warp your mind and make you stupider, or it can make you a better person. Of course morality is subjective, so I can't say what's "right" or "wrong"
But it's a good thing that the average person doesn't feel too much empathy or not enough empathy.