Philosophy

[brieze]

All things, including what we eat, are based on conditioning. If a person is conditioned to think one way, (such as, by their parents or the community they live in) for so long then they will never change their way of thinking for anything. If a practical, evil person would teach their child that what others see as "wrongdoing" is right, they will simply ignore those who try to change their mind about it. The human mind is easily manipulated in this sense, so we can never really know for sure what is right and wrong, because it's never our choice.

What about people that are raised in a good environment but turn out to be murderers?

 

[Devin]

What about people that are raised in a good environment but turn out to be murderers?

I don't believe a person without a mental disability and raised in a "good environment" would murder without reason. If no one taught them about killing under a certain circumstance, then it would probably come down to self-teaching themselves about it, and usually them thinking it's right.

 

[Peter Parka]

I don't believe a person without a mental disability and raised in a "good environment" would murder without reason.

How do you explain Jeremy Bamber then?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Bamber

 

[Devin]

How do you explain Jeremy Bamber then?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Bamber

"The Times wrote that the case had all the ingredients of a classic whodunit: a massacre in the English countryside, overbearing parents, an unstable daughter, a scheming son, a jilted girlfriend, and bungling police."

 

[BornReady]

like does the social norm of the environment control a person's sense of right and wrong? Murder for instance. In some cultures, killing can be honorable.

Killing an enemy yes. But you would be hard pressed to find a culture where killing a friend is honorable.
Actually if anyone knows of one I'd be very interested to hear about it. Someone mentioned honor killings. That is close but it's really just a perverse definition of enemy.