Empathy is a critical element of morality.A mirror neuron is a neuron that fires both when an animal acts and when the animal observes the same action performed by another.[1][2][3] Thus, the neuron "mirrors" the behavior of the other, as though the observer were itself acting. Such neurons have been directly observed in human[4] and primate species,[5] and in birds.[6]
Neuroscientists such as Marco Iacoboni (UCLA) have argued that mirror neuron systems in the human brain help us understand the actions and intentions of other people. In a study published in March 2005 Iacoboni and his colleagues reported that mirror neurons could discern whether another person who was picking up a cup of tea planned to drink from it or clear it from the table.[16]
In addition, Iacoboni has argued that mirror neurons are the neural basis of the human capacity for emotions such as empathy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirror_neuron
The above imply that mirror neurons will trigger the same pain the neural circuits in the other person [who will feel the same real pain in themselves] when they see pains in others or inflict pain in others.“It’s been shown in humans that there is a similar, shared mechanism for ‘self’ pain and our ability to ‘feel’ the pain of others,” Colloca told PRF (see Zaki et al., 2016).
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There is more research to be done, but what is essential is the principle of pain being mirrored across via the discovered mirror neurons [as verified and justified].
As I had proposed, there is an inherent moral potential programmed within all humans [active in some; less active dormant in others; or defective in some].
Morality is related absolutely to 'good' in contrast to 'evil'.
What is evil is always associated with pain.
Thus pain is an auto feedback within a moral system for one to avoid evil.
It is this auto-feedback system that is represent the oughtness and ought-not-ness within the brain as a matter of facts that deters one from committing evil.
In a way, it exists as a physical state within the human brain, i.e.
the ought-not-ness that one ought not to kill humans, else, the mirror neuron will kick-in to activate the auto-feedback to generate pain in one who intent to kill another human.
This is why the majority of humans whilst has the potential to kill do not simply go out and kill humans because they have an inherent moral potential of ought-not-ness to kill human, else it will trigger pain in themselves.
Those who kill humans at present has a dormant, very low active or defective moral potential in linkage to the mirror neuron system which itself could be dormant, very low active or defective. This is typical in psychopaths like pantflasher and others.
My point;
the discovery of the existence of mirror neurons is the clue to the inherent moral potentials as a matter of fact represented by physical neural correlates in the brain.
Peter Holmes, et. al. has always rely on strawman to counter my argument.
Note I don't make claims of moral statements, opinions, out of thin air, but rather as justified above, my moral facts are based on the inherent moral potentials as a matter of fact represented by physical neural correlates in the brain.
Peter, just in case you want to response to the above, note my maxim,
ALL facts are specific to a FSK.
Scientific facts are specific to the scientific FSK.
Thus moral facts are specific to the moral FSK.
[given the above are all credible as justified].
Also do not impose your nonsensical moral FSK on my credible moral FSK.