• Question: Our we to blame for the things we do- do we do it through envioremental or inherit the things we do???

    Asked by drstilesjlstermerrygold98 to Damien, Rachael, Simon, Suzi, Tim on 17 Jun 2011. This question was also asked by stevethecamel.
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      Suzi Gage answered on 17 Jun 2011:

      Hi (long name) @drstilesjlstermerrygold98
      Legally we ARE to blame for the things we do, you wouldn’t be able to say that you stole a car because your genes told you to do it.

      Although your genes and the environment you live in influence who you are, we still have a responsibility for our actions. We don’t understand how our genes work completely, so we are nowhere near a position where we can say ‘our genes control us’ or ‘our genes do not control us’.

      If we ever do find out that everything we do is caused by forces outside our own control, I think this will be a very bad day! I don’t think it’s likely we ever will though.

      What do you think?

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    drstilesjlstermerrygold98 commented on :

    thanks you answered this greatly thanks for answering my question, i think that we are to blame for the things we do , because if we do something wrong our families dont do something wrong too. I think that if we always said that it wasn’t our fault, many people would get away with too much even MURDER!!!! thanks alot suzi , you have answered ALL my questions, they are all really interesting answers and answered great thanks
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