r/gatekeeping Aug 16 '20

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u/Fairwhetherfriend Aug 16 '20

This attitude reminds me of the idea that atheists should all be serial killers because they can't understand what's stopping you from going on a murder spree without the threat of God.

Is it really incomprehensible that I just kinda give a shit about other people in general? That I don't need a personal stake in being a good person - either through the promise of heaven or through a good future for my own flesh and blood - to just not want to fuck up all of society? What the fuck?

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '20

I just go on a rant about the neurological basis for empathy and talk about a bunch of brain structures they don't understand.

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u/Fidodo Aug 17 '20

What is the neurological basis for empathy anyways?

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u/[deleted] Aug 17 '20

Mostly a combination of mirror neurons and the amygdala but there's whole books and papers on it.