Would you take a morality pill?

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/28/are-we-ready-for-a-morality-pill/?smid=tw-NYTOpinionator&seid=auto

This should be interesting 8)

 

They don't make a pill strong enough for me to suddenly get morals.

 

^^Like^^

 

Regardless of anyone's answer, this is fascinating stuff.

 

Robert Nozick would say that we would always choose free will. I tend to agree with him.

 

Great read. Of course, I liked this reference:

I don't think morality can be attributed to brain chemicals. It's a cultural thing that is learned (or not learned/ignored).

 

Wouldn't choosing to take the pill be an example of choosing free will?

 

Morality is a meme, like belief in god.
That would be meme in the real sense, not the Internet sense.

 

And to follow up ... suppose someone who "should" take such a pill chose not to. Would society at large be justified in forcing that individual to take the pill?

 

I think that's the trickier question.

 

He will choose Freewill.

 

Mileage may vary depending on, like, how moral you are.