Are we no different from psychopaths?

When we first think of moral motivation, we would naturally think that every person possesses it. We would think of instances where we did something good or instances when we held back from a vice. However, it is on closer study of the world and the cruelty that it contains which makes us question t...

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主要作者: Wong, Pearline Young Yin
其他作者: Andres Carlos Luco
格式: Final Year Project
語言:English
出版: Nanyang Technological University 2021
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在線閱讀:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/147346
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總結:When we first think of moral motivation, we would naturally think that every person possesses it. We would think of instances where we did something good or instances when we held back from a vice. However, it is on closer study of the world and the cruelty that it contains which makes us question the existence of moral motivation. In a world where individuals have committed moral wrongs contributing to existing cruelties, does it set them apart from psychopathic individuals who commit immoral acts without qualms? C. Daniel Batson contends that moral motivation exists but rarely, while Joshua May contends that moral motivation is prevalent. Through studying the debate between Batson and May on moral motivation, the case study of psychopathy and examples of moral and seemingly immoral acts committed by non-psychopaths, this paper aims to show that moral motivation is not only existing but prevalent.