Questions
Mon August 23rd, 2010, 5:52 PM EST | from Tumblr
Imagine that scientists create a new drug. When swallowed as a pill, it will completely and permanently eliminate feelings of guilt for prior events. Testing reveals that there are no harmful medical side effects. How should this pill be distributed?
After some though, I figured that having the drug be publicly available really doesn’t add much harm, and can do a lot of guilt. We already have sociopaths in this world, who feel guilt at nothing. The existence of this pill won’t make things any better for them, nor worst for us. But there’s plenty of kind-hearted folks who are torn apart by guilt that they don’t deserve. This pill would help them.