tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283977111907193493.post4799151225945334812..comments2023-04-02T07:30:36.643-04:00Comments on Traumatized By Truth: Morality and Torture - Thanks to Mo, @ Neurophilosophy for the link. . .DuWayne Braytonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04074683871047219790noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283977111907193493.post-69748677430416556552007-08-06T02:47:00.000-04:002007-08-06T02:47:00.000-04:00Hi Mark, thanks for stopping.I think that (at leas...Hi Mark, thanks for stopping.<BR/><BR/>I think that (at least for me) this really boils down to semantics. I have no real problem with the notion that evolution/genetics affect many aspects of our personalities. Indeed, having been adopted by my dad when I was two, before he married my mom, I never met my biological father until I was eighteen. Keeping it short, I was amazed by the DuWayne Braytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04074683871047219790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283977111907193493.post-9138384756810703342007-08-05T23:05:00.000-04:002007-08-05T23:05:00.000-04:00I recently listened to this radio lab episode on M...I recently listened to this radio lab episode on Morality: http://www.wnyc.org/shows/radiolab/episodes/2006/04/28<BR/><BR/>It mentioned studies done in which people were presented with the moral dilemma of choosing between allowing 5 people to die vs. allowing 1 to die. It seems that, for most people, the choice is not a difficult one when they act indirectly (the example used was pulling a leverMarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12268101477185500487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283977111907193493.post-68926312612644091292007-07-28T16:47:00.000-04:002007-07-28T16:47:00.000-04:00I would think if we look at children we find the a...I would think if we look at children we find the answer because even at a young age you can see tendencies. Some are prone to violence I am afraid without any compassion for the pain they inflict. Others wouldn't hurt a fly. I don't know if a child with a tendency towards violence or towards passiveness can be trained to be the opposite.Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04069893764658122257noreply@blogger.com