Personal Responsibility and the Brain

Personal Responsibility and the Brain Taking responsibility is an important part of our life. When losing self-conscious on responsible for our behavior, war and various disasters come. Dr. Nancy Murphy describes that "Morality is a function of attraction to the good, combined with rational judgment in reference to what the good truly consists". (Neuroscience and Thomas Aquinas) We are born to follow God's will. However, accidents, diseases, or inherent factors can injure our body system, …

…actions. However, some people can not. Illness, disease, accidents, heredity or inherent can have great effect in their brains and minds. They are not able to act normally; therefore, we consider their behaviors are abnormal. They should not undertake as much responsibility as we do. Before evaluating them, we should put ourselves in their circumstances; consider what, and why they performed such actions. Taking their mental capability into account and provide adequate judgment and treatment.