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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Yair" data-source="post: 2552855" data-attributes="member: 10913">Yes and no. I believe human beings have a sense of morality, much like they have a sense for aesthetics (I know of one philosopher that thinks they are one and the same), logic, or color. Most see morality in much the same way, much like they see color similarly, and will indeed justify significant vices to themselves, wrapping them in layers of denial and rationalizations to ease their conscience. I do not, however, think this is the case for most criminals.It isn't that most criminals aren't moral, their moral sense functions just fine when they excercise it. It's more like they are walking with their moral eyes closed. From the little I've gathered, their disregard for morality stems from not looking at things from a moral angle at all. When forced to contemplate their actions morally, most will repent or show remorse to some extent, but that won't stop them the next time. They just don't use their moral sense to guide them. This could be manifested in outbursts of rage and anger where their moral sense is temporarily (but frequently) blinded, or in a more constant state of being. And yes, I believe this applies to most serious criminals, from thugs to rapists.And then there are those whose mind is screwed up, sociopaths that are just "color blind" and don't have "our" moral sense at all. But they are rare. Of course, while we all share the same basic morality sense culture influences it just like it influences what is beautiful, right, or what language we speak.So in conclusion while morality is inherent to human nature, many criminal's morality functions differently than the common man's, and some have no morality at all. This doesn't make them inhuman, not anymore than being color-blind or lame makes someone inhuman despite the fact that having color vision and two legs is inherent to human nature.</blockquote>

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