03-28-2017, 11:27 PM
(03-28-2017, 02:12 AM)Kinser79 Wrote: 3. As for my request for a definition, it was for the sake of clarity--boomers in general love to not use dictionary definitions of words. Myself, I would say that everyone has a conscience, excluding perhaps psychopaths and sociopaths--but I'm no psychologist so I could be completely wrong here.
I'd also go far as to say that some view their conscious as expanding to all of humanity--those with pathological altruism. For the rest of us our compassion only goes out so far--family, friends/tribe, everyone else. This means that if something stands in the way of family or Friends/tribe by everyone else; well everyone else's prerogatives can get screwed.
Well, you made yourself clear enough.
Not going to refight the global warming question here.
Some might note that the Jews weren't part of the Nazi tribe. Your style of limited conscience might not be considered quite proper by some. Some say members of a culture have certain rights that would include the UDHR Article 25 rights of food, shelter and health care. This might be difficult for a person who lacks a conscience to understand, but many feel this way.
Others might argue that those who don't feel they belong in the same tribe as Americans aren't American.
But I think you are correct genetically. It is easy to disregard conscience or morality with regard to people from another tribe. Definitely, if one feels no moral responsibility for anyone but one's self or immediate kin, that could well qualify as a psychopathic or sociopathic level problem. Another example might be the druggie who will kill for his next fix. Some just do not care for their fellow men. Many with a blue perspective will feel that many with a red perspective have that problem.
That this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth.