tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post6012583293499103156..comments2024-03-29T09:09:46.823+02:00Comments on A Political Refugee From The Global Village : Psychopaths are very saneUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-43197983018051970532015-07-21T21:37:33.567+03:002015-07-21T21:37:33.567+03:00Yes there is no cure because the etiology and trea...Yes there is no cure because the etiology and treatment is not necessary medical. I keep thinking of Einstein's quote: "you cannot solve a problem with the same thinking that leads to the problem", so the absence of grace leads to specific brains that cannot understand grace? News on psychopaths: http://www.businessinsider.com/psychopath-who-studies-psychopaths-2015-7Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-84439805136465554132015-07-19T00:48:27.159+03:002015-07-19T00:48:27.159+03:00Thank you. Yes it is.Thank you. Yes it is.Political Refugee from the Global Villagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03523068770529814044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-1361523951002324652015-07-19T00:03:06.662+03:002015-07-19T00:03:06.662+03:00Here is how a Taoist scholar from the 12th century...Here is how a Taoist scholar from the 12th century describes 'evil-doers':<br /><br />http://www.sacred-texts.com/tao/ts/ts07.htm<br /><br />It's basically a description of psychopaths. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-32876741544786171932013-09-18T19:00:40.530+03:002013-09-18T19:00:40.530+03:00Psychopaths do not have to do wrong but they find ...Psychopaths do not have to do wrong but they find being good boring - love is the reason we are good and psychopaths are incapable of it, except in their curious way towards their children, parents. And yet they can have close friends who are confidants and admirers. Political Refugee from the Global Villagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03523068770529814044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-49316796934687967252013-05-23T11:33:41.803+03:002013-05-23T11:33:41.803+03:00That aside, this raises an interesting theological...That aside, this raises an interesting theological question: does God create people destined for hell? The Statesman article, obviously written by someone with no interest in the religious question, gives the case in strictly medicalised terms. Psychopathy is a radical absence of conscience, attributable to having a malformed brain, for which there is no cure. <br /><br />Interesting that the Victorians called it "moral insanity", since that was the period of transition in the West between having a religious outlook and anthropology to a strictly atheistic one. <br /><br />Perhaps it is thought "there is no cure" for this moral absence because the cure cannot be effected by the usual methods of modern psychology, that generally ignores moral issues and theological realities. Perhaps there is a cure that the anti-religious sciences are not qualified or inclined to explore. Hilary Jane Margaret Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03771332473693479830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-52420208226355749422013-05-23T11:24:35.367+03:002013-05-23T11:24:35.367+03:00Unless we're talking about Vancouver, Washingt...Unless we're talking about Vancouver, Washington, there is no such place as "Vancouver University". Professor Robert Hare teaches at the University of British Columbia, which happens to be in Vancouver. Hilary Jane Margaret Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03771332473693479830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-33293409526488383392012-11-04T14:32:25.887+02:002012-11-04T14:32:25.887+02:00Reading your article, I remembered the classificat...Reading your article, I remembered the classification of employees, performed by a co-founder and president of Axess Worldwide, Eric C.Sinoway and which can be found on the HBR blog: <br />http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2012/10/beware_of_the_cultural_vampire.html?cm_mmc=email-_-newsletter-_-weekly_hotlist-_-hotlist102212&referral=00202&utm_source=newsletter_weekly_hotlist&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=hotlist102212<br /><br />I was wondering whether or not the typology of employees. well described by you, can be included in the "zombies" or "vampires" lists..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-9377452740554282532012-10-18T21:07:42.990+03:002012-10-18T21:07:42.990+03:00"No-one knows what are the causes of the cond..."No-one knows what are the causes of the condition although research suggests that the psychopath’s brain functions abnormally and that a lobe may be missing. There is no cure. No-one can be given a conscience transplant."<br /><br />This suggests something very disturbing for any Christian outside the Calvinist milieu of belief in absolute predestination. If one can be born without a conscience, and can subsequently not develop one, can such a person attain God's Grace? Or must we assume such a person to be damned from birth? <br /><br />If we are not to subscribe to Calvinist belief in the Elect, which certainly seems to contradict many other teachings about God and the free choice of will, we must conclude that the scientific explanation of this phenomenon simply is not sufficient to meet the challenge.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-52166506223485589022012-10-18T21:02:50.637+03:002012-10-18T21:02:50.637+03:00An extremely interesting look at the question. Per...An extremely interesting look at the question. Personally, I am somewhat concerned about the line "one cannot have a conscience transplant" - such a positive statement regarding whether one has a conscience or not seems to confirm the Calvinist belief in the Elect - or at least that there are certain people born already damned. If our society encourages psychopathy and contributes to an increase in their numbers, this leads us to a very troubling conclusion regarding the ability of each succeeding generation to attain God's Grace.<br /><br />I wonder, therefore, if it is really true that psychopathy has no cure - after all, if it is merely a scientific name for being immoral, this seems to suggest that "cure" is not the correct word, and scientific vocabulary is insufficient to describe this phenomenon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-33202322034621313102012-07-24T22:12:38.471+03:002012-07-24T22:12:38.471+03:00Very interesting, very astute article.Very interesting, very astute article.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05208685594240700495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-41444777301828682752012-06-06T01:41:18.955+03:002012-06-06T01:41:18.955+03:00MRI's set up to check for psychopathy are much...MRI's set up to check for psychopathy are much quicker and more accurate than other tests. The B-scan could be harmful. If one rated the psychopath negatively, and the psychopath found out, he/she may retaliate. MRI's straight across the board (for all) so that there is no discrimination.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com