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I think we don't disagree. At a certain point someone has become a bad person, even an evil person.
I like to hope that there are things we can do to prevent future kids from turning into bad people, rather than thinking they were always going to turn out that way.
You briefly mentioned brain chemistry, would you mind expanding on that? I'm always keen to learn.
Yes I think we do agree.
It's been a long time since I read up on it but I was thinking about things like how people respond to a car accident. For people who tend to stay calm and focused, the people who go to pieces may seem weird, but it's not their fault and it's not a conscious choice.
And then, there are environmental effects on brain chemistry too, for example measurably higher cortisol levels in the brains of children who grow up with food insecurity have a detrimental effect on cognition.