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Showing Original Post only (View all)Could science convince you that the shooter was not ethically responsible for his actions? [View all]
Last edited Tue Oct 3, 2017, 02:23 PM - Edit history (2)
If an autopsy could show that an undiagnosed mini-stroke or tumor had damaged his frontal cortex (for example) and removed his ability to consider ethics in his actions... Could you accept it?
In short, if the switch were "flipped" and he went from upper-middle-class realty guy with no history of violence, crime, or guns to what we saw in Vegas could you ever see him as a victim, not in control of himself?
Side note: I'm not suggesting that this is actually the case. I have no idea. I doubt we'll ever know if he blasted his brains out either.
This is just a thought experiment based on some interviews I heard with brain scientist Robert Sapolsky and others.
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Could science convince you that the shooter was not ethically responsible for his actions? [View all]
Baconator
Oct 2017
OP
I believe that they need to ban civilian ownership of military grade/automatic firearms
Siwsan
Oct 2017
#18
My friends wife started partying hard and neglecting her kids, left them all for another man....
bettyellen
Oct 2017
#65
Diagnosing and TREATING dangerous conditions might be a good start at protection...
Moostache
Oct 2017
#79
The mental heath angle is tricky for many reasons- treatment is underfunded, and stigmatized and
bettyellen
Oct 2017
#82
You know, it's got me thinking we treat the mentally illl like trash so we won't have any empathy or
bettyellen
Oct 2017
#84
The study, if only done on white people, might cleanse white people of their "sins,"
Ms. Toad
Oct 2017
#25
Sounds similar to the NFL concussion problems - i.e. Mike Webster at al n/m
bagelsforbreakfast
Oct 2017
#21
And for people who have ordinary, everyday business in those tall buildings
customerserviceguy
Oct 2017
#49