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Immunity To Remorse In A Pill
Erik Baard writes "Several lines of research to prevent the formation of post traumatic stress disorder might also have the effect of stunting the development of healthy feelings of remorse over one's wrongdoings. With such therapies available one day, will soldiers or police officers be less hesitant to use lethal force in questionable situations? Will rapists and murderers qualify for treatment? This Village Voice article explores the ethical implications without pointing to any single answer."
They were not 'police' officers. They were police officers. They were simply enforcing the law, just as police officers in the US enforce the state's decisions about what we can and cannot ingest. If it is strange for the state to drug everyone, it is no stranger for them to forbid people to drug themselves.
Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.
I disagree. Are you afraid to cross the street? No? Oh, therefore you're just going to charge across without excercising caution, right? No, no you're not.
Being fearless doesn't mean you're a berserker. Being fearless gives you that extra degree of self control. It's the coward that loses self control in the face of danger.
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Clearly sociopaths are the worst. But do you want to increase their numbers artificially? These pills could be "sociopaths in a bottle".