So since this was at least half-addressed to me, I guess I can respond...
Again, as you note, this goal-oriented attitude is something that develops over time, often after moral concerns cause you to fail badly.
I'm going to have to disagree. I think having goals and trying to accomplish them develops first, and empathy develops later.
Children are relatively innocent
Again, since most children haven't developed empathy yet, most children are actually kind of sociopaths.
I would also like to point out that I think everyone should be moral instead of amoral. Partly by definition, partly because I actually think it'll be better for them in the long run, however much an amoral decision might help them in the short-term.
And your last paragraph is just cribbing from my theory. :p
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Date: 2012-09-08 10:54 pm (UTC)Again, as you note, this goal-oriented attitude is something that develops over time, often after moral concerns cause you to fail badly.
I'm going to have to disagree. I think having goals and trying to accomplish them develops first, and empathy develops later.
Children are relatively innocent
Again, since most children haven't developed empathy yet, most children are actually kind of sociopaths.
I would also like to point out that I think everyone should be moral instead of amoral. Partly by definition, partly because I actually think it'll be better for them in the long run, however much an amoral decision might help them in the short-term.
And your last paragraph is just cribbing from my theory. :p