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OdiousOutlaw wrote (edited )

Reply to comment by ziq in Morality Vs. Ethics by ziq

So-called "high-functioning sociopaths" can follow existing moral codes or make up their own for purely pragmatic reasons.

Furthermore, there are 2 types of empathy and different subsets of neurodivergence is marked by the lack of one of them.

Cognitive empathy is the ability to recognize and understand another's emotional state; people in the autism spectrum, bipolar people, and people with Borderline personality disorder lack it.

Emotional Empathy is the ability to share the emotional experiences of others, being affected by them and being able to respond with an appropriate emotion; antisocial, narcissistic, schizophrenic, and people with schizoid personality disorder lack it. Keep in mind that the last two are far more likely to be victimized. They might "care" about ethics in the same way most people care about etiquette: a breach might be embarrassing, but it ain't the worst thing.

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