
Jonathan Glover on Personality Disorder and Morality
Philosophy Bites
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The Importance of Responsibility
Psychologist Gwen Ad said that some people are not very real to themselves. I think we learned to respect other people in a reciprocal way, if we're not respected we don't learn to play the game of mutual respect. Where does that leave them in terms of their responsibility for what they have done? Well that's one of the really deep philosophical questions. But on the other hand, if I asked myself if I'd had a childhood like they had, can I be sure that I wouldn't have done the terrible things they did? And the honest answer is no.
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