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Fortinbras Armstrong

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5. You seem to be saying that I am bigoted against myself.
Thu Jul 3, 2014, 07:36 AM
Jul 2014

Perhaps I expressed myself poorly. What I meant to say is that one of the effects my Asperger's has been to limit my sense of what is and is not morally right. For example, if you had something that I wanted, and I believe I could get away with taking it, I would have no innate sense that this is wrong. I know, intellectually, that it is wrong, but I have no instinctive sense that it is.

Could I be a sociopath? Actually, probably not. The main effect of Asperger's Syndrome is an inability to read other people, which would be key to manipulating them.

I should say that there are things I find morally repugnant. Murder, rape, torture, failure to treat others with dignity -- I was bullied as a boy, and I have a natural feeling that this is wrong.

My point was that I realize that my atrophied sense of morals is a flaw in myself, so I have trained myself to develop what might be called an artificial one. As I said, I have become a student of ethics in order to live as I should.

To the sages of old, TM99 Jun 2014 #1
That's very well said. nt delrem Jun 2014 #3
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What you wrote does not contradict nor correct me. TM99 Nov 2014 #18
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When I read the OP Fortinbras Armstrong Jun 2014 #2
I would take your questioned ethics/morality delrem Jul 2014 #4
You seem to be saying that I am bigoted against myself. Fortinbras Armstrong Jul 2014 #5
I was only questioning your language. delrem Jul 2014 #6
It appears that you did not understand me Fortinbras Armstrong Jul 2014 #7
You aren't alone. I don't understand many people. delrem Jul 2014 #8
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I like your posts! delrem Nov 2014 #16
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All I can do is repeat what I said before. Fortinbras Armstrong Nov 2014 #17
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First, the paragraph is your friend, and even more the reader's friend Fortinbras Armstrong Nov 2014 #24
Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language - Wittgenste Jim__ Jul 2014 #9
I'm not a fan of Wittgenstein. delrem Jul 2014 #10
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To defeat a goal? Expat in Korea Oct 2014 #11
I like this answer. nt delrem Nov 2014 #12
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