Thankfully,
neuroscience gives some cause for
optimism.
Philosopher-cum-cognitive scientist Joshua
Greene of
Harvard
University and his
colleagues
have
used functional magnetic resonance imaging to
map the brain as
it
churns over
moral
problems
, inspired by a classic pair
of dilemmas from the
annals of moral
philosophy called the Trolley Problem and the
Footbridge
Problem.
In the first, an out-of-control trolley is
heading down a rail track,
ahead of which are
five hikers unaware of the looming threat. On
the bank where
you’re
standing is a switch that, if flicked, will send
the trolley on to
another track on
which just one person is walking. If you do
nothing, five
people
die; flick the switch and just one person will
die
.
Joshua Gray on 16 Nov 11This article was a little unsettling but wasn't overly surprising. When anyone attempts to kill another human being and justify it they start by dehumanizing them. If you look at serial killers they do it too, serial killers don't start out wanting to kill one type of person. Its a developed thing and when they are finally able to kill people its because they convinced themselves the people aren't actually human. Please no one believe however I am comparing all Muslims to serial killers, but rather know I am pointing out how Muslim Extremists have similar characterisitcs to other killers. If this article had been about members of the KKK, white pride, Nazis, black panthers, or any other fringe violent group that I would have came to the exact same conclusion. They're nuts and they're all over the news, but they aren't the majority of any social group anywhere and almost every logical person wishes them to change their ways.
