Re: Autism's moral judgment gap explored

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I'm not so sure this shows a moral gap so much as potential emotional reactions from NTs to certain situations. In the first case, the poisoning was accidental. While one might get angry at Grace for putting the poison in the coffee, she didn't commit murder because she thought it was sugar. If this happened to a friend or family of mine, I'd never want to see Grace again, but if indeed it was proven accidental on her part, then it wouldn't be murder or a moral wrong.

The second case is indeed a more moral question because the tour guide thinks there is a problem with the lab but gives the tour anyway. The moral thing to do would be to say the lab is off limits because of a leak. If that upsets the guest, too bad. Better safe than dead.

In a message dated 2/1/2011 12:20:48 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, no_reply writes:

Autism's moral judgment gap explored