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 josi11 rated 9 months ago - Martha Stout Ph.D.: Imagine - if you can - not having a conscience, none at all, no feelings of guilt or remorse no matter what you do, no limiting sense of concern of the well-being of strangers, friends, or even family members. Imagine no struggles with shame, not a single one in your whole life, ...
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- josi11 rated 9 months ago
- Martha Stout Ph.D.: Imagine - if you can - not having a conscience, none at all, no feelings of guilt or remorse no matter what you do, no limiting sense of concern of the well-being of strangers, friends, or even family members. Imagine no struggles with shame, not a single one in your whole life, no matter what kind of selfish, lazy, harmful, or immoral action you had taken. And pretend that the concept of responsibility is unknown to you, except as a burden others seem to accept without question, like gullible fools. Now add to this strange fantasy the ability to conceal from other people that your psychological makeup is radically different from theirs. Since everyone simply assumes that conscience is universal among human beings, hiding the fact that you are conscience-free is nearly effortless. You are not held back from any of your desires by guilt or shame, and you are never confronted by others for your cold-bloodedness. The ice water in your veins is so bizarre, so completely outside of their personal experience that they seldom even guess at your condition. In other words, you are completely free of internal restraints, and your unhampered liberty to do just as you please, with no pangs of conscience, is conveniently invisible to the world. You can do anything at all, and still your strange advantage over the majority of people, who are kept in line by their consciences, will most likely remain undiscovered. [exerpt from 'The Sociopath Next door'] Kryten (to Lister): "They despise humans and all forms of humanoid life. They believe you to be the vermin of the universe sir." Cat: "I didn't know they'd met him."
- Shar131 rated 10 months ago
- Explains a lot, doesn't it?
- beauc rated 11 months ago
- Their are people like this. Just pay attention to global politics.
From the page: "Imagine - if you can - not having a conscience, none at all, no feelings of guilt or remorse no matter what you do, no limiting sense of concern of the well-being of strangers, friends, or even family members. Imagine no struggles with shame, not a single one in your whole life, no matter what kind of selfish, lazy, harmful, or immoral action you had taken. And pretend that the concept of responsibility is unknown to you, except as a burden others seem to accept without question, like gullible fools. Now add to this strange fantasy the ability to conceal from other people that your psychological makeup is radically different from theirs. Since everyone simply assumes that conscience is universal among human beings, hiding the fact that you are conscience-free is nearly effortless. You are not held back from any of your desires by guilt or shame, and you are never confronted by others for your cold-bloodedness. The ice water in your veins is so bizarre, so completely outside of their personal experience that they seldom even guess at your condition.
In other words, you are completely free of internal restraints, and your unhampered liberty to do just as you please, with no pangs of conscience, is conveniently invisible to the world. You can do anything at all, and still your strange advantage over the majority of people, who are kept in line by their consciences, will most likely remain undiscovered."
- KeitShifter rated 11 months ago
- "Imagine - if you can - not having a conscience, none at all, no feelings of guilt or remorse no matter what you do, no limiting sense of concern of the well-being of strangers, friends, or even family members. Imagine no struggles with shame, not a single one in your whole life, no matter what kind of selfish, lazy, harmful, or immoral action you had taken. And pretend that the concept of responsibility is unknown to you, except as a burden others seem to accept without question, like gullible fools. Now add to this strange fantasy the ability to conceal from other people that your psychological makeup is radically different from theirs. Since everyone simply assumes that conscience is universal among human beings, hiding the fact that you are conscience-free is nearly effortless. You are not held back from any of your desires by guilt or shame, and you are never confronted by others for your cold-bloodedness. The ice water in your veins is so bizarre, so completely outside of their personal experience that they seldom even guess at your condition."
- commerican rated 15 months ago
- Cheney is a sociopath. Bush is just an idiot.
- Bsnightsky rated 15 months ago
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I think politician and sociopath are synonyms.
See if you don't agree.
- droe82 rated 10 months ago
- From the page: "Imagine - if you can - not having a conscience, none at all, no feelings of guilt or remorse no matter what you do, no limiting sense of concern of the well-being of strangers, friends, or even family members. Imagine no struggles with shame, not a single one in your whole life, no matter what kind of selfish, lazy, harmful, or immoral action you had taken."People say that I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one.___From the page: "[A] non-correctable disfigurement of character that is now thought to be present in about 4 percent of the population - that is to say, one in twenty-five people."Come to think of it, about that many people I've met are some assholes... :/
- landers53 rated 10 months ago
- To know about sociopaths/psychopaths is THE most important thing we need to learn about. It will eventually mean the difference between living and dying. Our world is run by psychopaths, with the U.S. and Israel being the "Big Kahunas" of the psychopathic world. Once we learn how to identify them we can then start to clean house and keep it clean.
- sleepyvinny rated 10 months ago
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Martha Stout Ph.D.: Imagine - if you can - not having a conscience, none at all, no feelings of guilt or remorse no matter what you do, no limiting sense of concern of the well-being of strangers, friends, or even family members. Imagine no struggles with shame, not a single one in your whole life, no matter what kind of selfish, lazy, harmful, or immoral action you had taken. And pretend that the concept of responsibility is unknown to you, except as a burden others seem to accept without question, like gullible fools. Now add to this strange fantasy the ability to conceal from other people that your psychological makeup is radically different from theirs.
Since everyone simply assumes that conscience is universal among human beings, hiding the fact that you are conscience-free is nearly effortless. You are not held back from any of your desires by guilt or shame, and you are never confronted by others for your cold-bloodedness. The ice water in your veins is so bizarre, so completely outside of their personal experience that they seldom even guess at your condition.
In other words, you are completely free of internal restraints, and your unhampered liberty to do just as you please, with no pangs of conscience, is conveniently invisible to the world. You can do anything at all, and still your strange advantage over the majority of people, who are kept in line by their consciences, will most likely remain undiscovered. [exerpt from 'The Sociopath Next door']
Kryten (to Lister): "They despise humans and all forms of humanoid life. They believe you to be the vermin of the universe sir."
Cat: "I didn't know they'd met him."
- Anndaluz rated 17 months ago
- Excerpt from "The Sociopath next door. The ruthless versus the rest of us" by Martha Stout. She is a clinical instructor at Harvard with 25 years experience of working with survivors of psychological trauma.
Good description of the various forms of behaviour which can result from a lack of empathy for others.Significantly there is coverage of the "psychopath in the suit" and other socially acceptable but pernicious people, rather than a focus on violent social misfits. 4% of the population are believed to have some degree of antisocial personality disorder.
Personality Disorder, of whatever variety, is often seen as untreatable; maybe Antisocial Personality Disorder in particular just offers the person with it too many rewards in a capitalist free for all society.
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