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Do Aperger's have a moral conscience?
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well, I do, it just doesn't always include the rest of the world.

I get caught up in what I call 'personal transactions'. If someone does something for me, I have to do something for them, or I feel bad (sort of like Shran on Star Trek:Enterprise...

There are a lot of things I don't do because 'I'd get caught'.

But as for interpersonal ethics or morals, I fall a little short. Not by design, just by the way I am.

Do I feel bad if I do the wrong thing? Yes, slightly, but it can be surpressed.
Are we talking cookie-jar theft or murder?

I do - a very strong one...
People who take advantage of others put me in rage ... even over simple things

Attwood wrote that adults with AS "can be renowned for being honest" and "strongly believe in moral and ethical principles"

Yes, I have a very strong sense of what is morally right and wrong...and it's not faith-based, it's just me and what I believe is right.

I have a strong sense of morality, ethics and justice.

I find over the years I have found it better in the long run if I think and act in a way that positively impacts my karma. I have also found if I avoid those thoughts and deeds that impact my karma negatively, my good karma keeps rising attracting even more good karma to me.

it's a good system and works for me. Also, it's easy to keep track of, too.


Merle

Yes, I do have a conscience and 99.99% of the time it governs the way I act. I'm also willing to ignore it and do the bad stuff when I know it's the only option. I still manage to sleep at nights.

Ed Almos

Yes. It's a bit weird. It's more visible to me than i get the impression is usual, less automatic, and some bits are missing compared to the "normal"version, i have occasionally discovered, ( ! ! ) but where it exists it is pretty exigent, even over-sensitive, in that it makes it difficult for me to tolerate/handle many ordinary environments because of the pervasive abuses/injustices. I don't get it mixed up with "not hurting peoples feelings" stuff which i think NTs often do.

I have a moral conscience, but sometimes it doesn't quite move as fast as I do.

Very much so. I am especially incensed when I see oppressed peoples attacked.

I have a pretty strong moral conscience. It just has to balance with what I feel is right and wrong compared to everyone else's view.

I have a very strong sense of morality, my wife has told a couple of people it's one of the things she most admires about me.

(My God, I must be ugly!)