22-05-2017, 06:23 AM
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Re: Psychopaths born
Not sure. I think to be truly evil, a person has to know that what they are doing is socially unacceptable - completely beyond the pale. I suppose it is possible for someone to be born with an inability to empathise with others and a lack of conscience, but I'm not at all sure that that is the same as being born "evil".A psychopath doesn't necessarily know that what he/she does is socially unacceptable. His/her grasp on reality is tenuous to say the least and the voices in his/her head are more powerful than society's rules.
22-05-2017, 07:24 AM
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Hi Mick I read this article on child psychopaths which says the opposite .( I moved my post it when I realised it was similar to another already started )
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/whe...ob-fb-enus-580
A disturbing read .
Also I was interested on reading today that Ian Brady had a loving upbringing and he himself didn't believe that childhood trauma caused criminality as in his case his family were honest respectable and without blame ( for his crimes)
It would appear that psychopaths are born .
22-05-2017, 07:28 AM
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I think psychopaths are suffering from a mental condition rather than personality disorder.Some psychopaths can be very successful in business, because they are ruthless, I don't think they're necessarily evil.
I think to be evil you have to be totally self absorbed and not empathetic to others, without conscience.
22-05-2017, 10:12 AM
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I think some are born with psychopathic tendencies. It is a flaw they are born with.Sometimes, you can see 'evil' in a young child. I don't mean mischievous evil but downright sadistic evil. The child that tears the wings off a butterfly or other winged insects. The ones that drop a kitten off a balcony or put a firework into a dog's mouth tape it and light it.
If they can be that cruel to animals, then l'm sure they have the capabilrty of hurting or killing a human.
22-05-2017, 05:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Artangel
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I think some are born with psychopathic tendencies. It is a flaw they are born with.Sometimes, you can see 'evil' in a young child. I don't mean mischievous evil but downright sadistic evil. The child that tears the wings off a butterfly or other winged insects. The ones that drop a kitten off a balcony or put a firework into a dog's mouth tape it and light it.
If they can be that cruel to animals, then l'm sure they have the capabilrty of hurting or killing a human.
..But thankfully they all grow out of it.....
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