Peter Brendt
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Morality as a philosophical construct and theoretical premise entails that one takes into consideration the emotions of another person. As the sociopath does not see other people as people but as objects, this is a defunct argument. Sociopaths are amoral, meaning that they feel that morality does not apply to them. Having morals would imply that they take other people into consideration, they obviously don't. Being immoral would imply that they feel that morality should be one way but they act in another way, which they obviously don't. Amoral fits because it describes a state of non-application.
Some philosophers would disagree. And the sociopath sees other people in fact as people and not as objects. From his point of view, objects are not half as annoying as people. However, most sociopaths will accept the existence of said annoying people and not do what they would do with objects - as in shoving them out of the way. Because for a sociopath, especially an intelligent one, every decision, even the decision to do nothing in a certain case, is result of a conscious weighting process.
Thus, a sociopath acting moral is a conscious decision made by the sociopath. In so far, we can with a sociopath rely, this decision stands also next week. It's not like a moral decision based on gut-feeling that isn't valid anymore after having bad sex, a flu or get kicked from the job. Thus, amoral doesn't fit, because the sociopath does make a conscious moral decision with some stability in this decision, not just a momentary gut-decision mostly based on what fits the moment. Ergo, it's application of learned facts. However, the next sociopath will have learned other things in life and thus maybe decide different about the very same thing. While so-called "normal" people will feel, that their moral decision from yesterday today isn't fitting their needs anymore and just decide different, often simply under hormonal influence. And your use of the word "obviously" for obviously doubtful assumptions shows that off pretty nicely. You're obviously no sociopath, you feel a little upset and thus, you made the "moral" decision to become verbally manipulative. Because most sociopaths never kill anybody and try to find jobs avoiding too many people because they consider other people and also other people's rights. They only consider then on a rational level. To talk to a sociopath is a funny thing (I had this doubtful honor years ago), because it's not the normal person always confused, it's the sociopath because he always thinks, what are those people feeling and why can't they be logic for five minutes?