MikeHamiltonFan
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Not sure if anyone on here is a fan of the show Dexter. The show storyline has the origin of Dexter as a child who was the witness to his mother's brutal murder, and the awful circumstances had a dramatic impact on creating a desire in him to kill.
Do you accept that some people are born with tendencies towards certain behaviors that are sinful and illegal that are stronger than others? (Nature)
Do you accept that some brain injuries can make it much more difficult for people to resist their influences? (Nature)
Do you believe that environment can dramatically increase the likelihood that someone will be attracted to certain types of sinful and criminal behavior? (Nurture)
My answer to all of the above is yes...
I still believe almost everyone is a culpable moral agent. In the case of a traumatic brain injury that leaves a person without the ability to control themselves:
Man with brain injury falls through cracks of state aid - Chicago Tribune I believe they should be recognized as having a lack of culpability but also be restrained so they do not present a threat to others.
"I was born this way" is used by homosexuals to say that
God cannot be opposed to their lifestyle, despite the Bible explicitly stating that their behavior is sinful.
I believe that for many sins like gluttony, lying, theft, wrath (anger that is not righteous), heterosexual immorality etc. there is an argument to be made that "I was born this way."
Through nature and nurture, various behaviors that break God's law are more appealing and harder to resist for certain individuals. However, no sin is impossible to resist for someone who has yielded their life to God.
At a criminal law level, over time as brain chemistry is understood better, I believe diminished culpability will be brought up more and more as a mitigating factor in sentencing. The problem of course is that if an individual due to nature or nurture is more likely to engage in violent crime etc that is precisely the type of individual who is not going to respond to rehabilitation and who should be locked away for the protection of others.
Do you accept that some people are born with tendencies towards certain behaviors that are sinful and illegal that are stronger than others? (Nature)
Do you accept that some brain injuries can make it much more difficult for people to resist their influences? (Nature)
Do you believe that environment can dramatically increase the likelihood that someone will be attracted to certain types of sinful and criminal behavior? (Nurture)
My answer to all of the above is yes...
I still believe almost everyone is a culpable moral agent. In the case of a traumatic brain injury that leaves a person without the ability to control themselves:
Man with brain injury falls through cracks of state aid - Chicago Tribune I believe they should be recognized as having a lack of culpability but also be restrained so they do not present a threat to others.
"I was born this way" is used by homosexuals to say that
God cannot be opposed to their lifestyle, despite the Bible explicitly stating that their behavior is sinful.
I believe that for many sins like gluttony, lying, theft, wrath (anger that is not righteous), heterosexual immorality etc. there is an argument to be made that "I was born this way."
Through nature and nurture, various behaviors that break God's law are more appealing and harder to resist for certain individuals. However, no sin is impossible to resist for someone who has yielded their life to God.
At a criminal law level, over time as brain chemistry is understood better, I believe diminished culpability will be brought up more and more as a mitigating factor in sentencing. The problem of course is that if an individual due to nature or nurture is more likely to engage in violent crime etc that is precisely the type of individual who is not going to respond to rehabilitation and who should be locked away for the protection of others.
