This assumes a black and white situation where there are probably shades of gray. I imagine there are people who are on the borderline and choose to act either as a psychopath or not. Those are the people who may respond to treatment.
Indeed!
This is exactly the kind of weakness that Rand Paul exploits when he publishes his ‘Festivus’ Report on Government ‘Waste’.
Some things aren’t obvious, but are subject to confirmation bias.
Some things have applications you haven’t thought of.
Some things have been “proven” once, but the results haven’t yet been replicated.
It may be useful in determining why neo nazi ideologies are popular in prisons, but most right wing voters aren’t psychopaths.
There’s even a paper written about this phenomenon.
GEORGE, MARIE-AMELIE. “The Harmless Psychopath: Legal Debates Promoting the Decriminalization of Sodomy in the United States.” Journal of the History of Sexuality 24, no. 2 (2015): 225-61. The Harmless Psychopath: Legal Debates Promoting the Decriminalization of Sodomy in the United States on JSTOR.
Plenty of injustices associated with this label.
Talking of psychopaths and right-wing authoritarians, has everyone seen what got Priti Patel though 2020?
Even Jacob Rees-Mogg’s response looked normal and relatable compared to that.
I’m engaging in psychopathic behavior right now!
did you notice that the video you picked provides a “loose” description of psychopathy as genetic?
too much eggnog?
File under: “No shit, Sherlock”, and “Who’d a thunk it,”
Hobbes is not a stuffed tiger!
Here’s an open access article that attempts to explain how researchers characterize the differences, if any.
In his 1999 book Without Conscience , developer of the Psychopathy Checklist (PCL), Robert Hare, explained that while the terms psychopath and sociopath are used interchangeably, the distinction lies in how one interprets the origins and determinants of each label. Generally, the former is used by those who ascribe the label a perdominantly biological etiology, whereas environmental factors are highlighted by those using the latter. A similar distinction is often made in considering primary and secondary psychopathy, where the former is thought to be a result of biological deficits, while the latter is attributed to various forms of social disadvantage (Newman, MacCoon, Vaughn, & Sadeh, 2005; Vaughn, Edens, Howard, & Smith, 2009).
Probably a lot more authoritative than hearing the same authors explain this to readers of Mens Health or Buzzfeed, but somewhat unsettling all the same.
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