Social constructs are what brought humans out of "nature". We no longer thrive in a mentality of survival of the fittest, but of uplifting the whole via a set of moral principals. It is not natural to harbor the weak and dieing, but we do because morality says we should... we perpetuate sickness and inferiority in our society... where in the wild it would be killed off... natural selection no longer exists because everyone including the retards are being allowed to reproduce and even thrive...
"Social constructs are what brought humans out of "nature"."
But does that make them unnatural? Other species arguably don't do those things, so is it perhaps that people are unnatural then?
Are you meaning sociopaths have more in common with nature than humanity, that humanity is inherently flawed, or are you meaning society is why people uphold social constructs, and that a group of humans never taught the values of it would never go that direction on their own?
One COULD argue that EVERYTHINGS is technically natural simply because it exists and has evovled from nature. Technology could be seen as natural, because it was an extention of our evolution as a species. But I digress, my point was natural in a sense of our more base animal selves. Human Society is not natural... it is an artificial construct to bring "fairness" to the masses. To protect the weak and defenceless.
and no i'm not saying sociopaths have more in common with natural than humans, because sociopaths are human, I'm saying that sociopaths tend to be more in touch with humanities natural instincts.
and Society is why people uphold social construct, society IS the social construct.
I'm not saying humans would never go that way because in deed they have many times over. BUT, if you take a ferral child, seperated from humanity as many documented cases show, they are not like us... they are much closer to sociopaths. caring first for primal urgers and needs and not so much for the social aspect of humanity.
The feral child reflects what they do from neglect, which can cause significant damage to their minds (even their IQ is significantly lower on average). Children aren't meant to be neglected, so go figure they'd have traits similar to disorders if they are stuck with an inhumane amount of it.
Have a group of abandoned children to give eachother the attention they crave, and they're likely to develop their own social constructs within their improvised tribe.
All people have different temperaments obviously. In society, the people that see horrible things and do horrible things in war without being mentally scarred are not necessarily the ominous "sociopaths." I watched my mother die and I turned out just fine (relatively of course, I mean I did not develop PTSD). We are a very populous species, there will be great variety.
Ehhh, common morality is not necessarily existent unless you consider the common morality to be the morality that a certain group holds. Morality seems to play large roles in groups, mobs, societies, etc. We see Christian dominated Western morals as the common morals as default but they do not hold true for the rest of the world. In some groups, it is moral to murder anyone who opposes you or gets in your way. Some groups believe torture is moral. And even within the groups, the morality of the individuals differ. Just because some morals are more prevalent do not make them objective in any way, so there cannot be "common morals" really. You seem to be under the impression that people are more alike than they really are.
Beavers build homes for themselves and their families, wolves have a group mentality and protect all in the pack, and dolphins supposedly "communicate." Social constructs are natural, but morality is not. Morality is constructed by our minds and nothing more.
Natural more refers to the tao idea of "the action of inaction". Letting things take their own course is what is natural and the manipulation of the world is not necessarily "natural." On the other hand, natural is always a fairly loosely defined term, and it could be argued that everything that happens and comes about is fully natural. Yet again it is a matter of perspective.
Children are not MEANT to be ANYTHING. It is thought of as common for mothers to care for their children but that is not always true, it depends on the mother. Like I have said before, what we take for granted as normal is usually just common in our society and does not reflect human nature as a whole.