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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank
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To: J. C. Dithers who wrote (53731)8/3/2002 11:29:49 AM
From: epicure  Read Replies (1) of 82486
 
I am not clear on how responsible any of us are for our decisions. We are cast in a mold by our DNA and then acted upon by our surroundings. We know that certain pathways in our brains freeze up and solidify at certain ages. "Responsibility", or our ownership of our choices, may just be a silly human conceit. I think it is quite possible that it is. However as a conceit it probably has some influence on some people, but not on all. I don't think most people could handle any other mental framework- so we probably need to act as if we are "responsible". I'm not sure IQ should have anything to do with it. Also because of the amazing errors people are prone to make, on top of their ability to justify just about any value system they happen to be born into, or glom on to, it is probably wise to be as humane as possible with regard to how you punish the "irresponsible"- however your society happens to define them (and as we know there is a lot of vaiance here).
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