Are Aspies more moral/humane than NT's?

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Being moral and humane and kind are not unique to Asperger's, but they are enhanced by it.

I also see nor reason for war, revenge, hate, poverty and a lot of other bad stuff that occurs in our world.

That being said I would love to severly beat the sh*t out of people that abuse/kill animals, because in my mind they are the lowest scum on earth

I personally may be relatively 'fair and balanced' (at least, I think) and can't sustain anger long enough to desire revenge, but I've also never experienced sympathy and have a strong fascination with violence. I also consider morality to be meaningless. Just as with the general population, the Asperger's population consists of a variety of different personalities, some of which may be what you consider 'moral and humane', and some of which may not.

Yes, most likely common in Aspies. Not me though. I'm not very moral, I am prone to hating certain people, and I usually hate people who most other people hate, like David Cameron for example. Everybody I know hates him. (I don't care if the rich bastard reads that - he's too rich to let that worry him!)

See?

Don't worry, I hate him too - one of a handful of people I can say that about. I can still get into a rage about the person he aspires to as well. May I suggest that you hate him because of your high morals. It's my reason for hating him. My husband's a council employee and hasn't had a pay rise in a couple of years and is unlikely to get one for another few, meanwhile the prices are going up. So we are a bit worse off, but we're not struggling. But, I'm not thinking of me - I believe in fairness and, so far, I've seen no evidence of that in their policies. There are so many poor sods out there and he doesn't give a damn and although I'm alright, I'm still really angry.

I think that's why everybody else hates him aswell. My mum's friend can't retire at 60 and she's really mad about that because she keeps saying, ''who is really going to employ women in their 60s?!'' She hates him because of that and because of everything else aswell, like no pay rise and the loss of jobs yet prices rising up.
I hate him for expecting people on the dole to get a job tomorrow, even though they're cutting everything back, including bus services, and car insurance is rising so people can't afford to drive, yet he's expecting us to find a job even if the only way to get anywhere is to travel, especially those of us who live in small villages! God! Who wouldn't hate him?! !! !

Am I more moral? I thought so. For me, right and wrong is more of an analysis. I can understand why someone would choose to do the wrong thing, but I also have a hard time defending something as "right" when the rationale offered is weak to non-existent. I currently oppose most "laws" on the books because I understand the rationale behind them to be motivated by special interests and not the general welfare of society.

Am I more humane? I don't know. I couldn't care less about others, but then again, I sometimes see people in a situation and know what it's like to be there, so I have some sympathy.

One minute it is ''an Aspie thing'' to lack in empathy and sympathy and find it hard to understand the feelings of others. The next minute it is ''an Aspie thing'' to have complete full empathy and sympathy and think of others and their feelings.

Which one is truley right?