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Originally Posted by GloucesterChief
I think you can generally apply nature over nurture to some extent with animals. With reasoning people though its much much murkier.
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It is murkier.
We face some very real tensions in this issue. The discussion involves people, which makes it resonate with us much more. Further, arguing that nature > nurture has led to some really bad results. But the more we study genetics, the strong the argument is, in my opinion, that nature does trump nurture. Look at the studies done on twins, particularly the studies done on twins separated at birth.
But even if nature does trump nurture, each individual has rights and they cannot be abridged just because of biological happenstance. Put another way, if Jeffrey Dahmer had a twin, the twin should not be imprisoned just because of his relation to Jeffrey. But if Jeffrey Dahmer had a twin, how comfortable would you be going to his house to watch a football game? That is why such comparisons are murkier when applied to people.