Also worth bearing in mind that from his childhood he knew his mom and older brother were killed, and at some point grew in realization to know that his dad was responsible or at the least complicit. I'm glad I wasn't raised in a cult like that, where just trying to escape is nearly certain death.
He was still a child once. I wrote a paper on nurture v nature once and it was one of the most powerful life altering moments for me. If you take an innocent soul, raise them in middle class, the taliban, a monastery, nazi Germany… is it the soul that is corrupted (nature) or the environment (nurture) that corrupted it? How do loving parents who dote on a child produce psychopaths? Why do people raised in the worst kind of environment turn out to be beautiful? Nurture or nature?
It is a mystery for sure. Imho, people appear to have a level of rigidity to Truth and Morals out of the gate. Those that have challenging beginnings may actually strengthen their resolve -- or atleast hold on to their connection to what is true, right, and moral. Others can have "the ideal" and still manage to become sociopathic.
If we live to become adults, we are responsible for the content of our character. That's the basis of Western Civilization. (or a cornerstone, anyway)
Also worth bearing in mind that from his childhood he knew his mom and older brother were killed, and at some point grew in realization to know that his dad was responsible or at the least complicit. I'm glad I wasn't raised in a cult like that, where just trying to escape is nearly certain death.
He was still a child once. I wrote a paper on nurture v nature once and it was one of the most powerful life altering moments for me. If you take an innocent soul, raise them in middle class, the taliban, a monastery, nazi Germany… is it the soul that is corrupted (nature) or the environment (nurture) that corrupted it? How do loving parents who dote on a child produce psychopaths? Why do people raised in the worst kind of environment turn out to be beautiful? Nurture or nature?
I haven’t found the answer.
It is a mystery for sure. Imho, people appear to have a level of rigidity to Truth and Morals out of the gate. Those that have challenging beginnings may actually strengthen their resolve -- or atleast hold on to their connection to what is true, right, and moral. Others can have "the ideal" and still manage to become sociopathic.
If we live to become adults, we are responsible for the content of our character. That's the basis of Western Civilization. (or a cornerstone, anyway)