The sociopath next door the ruthless versus the rest of us
"[The author] reveals [in this book] that a shocking 4 percent of ordinary people--one in twenty-five--has an often undetected mental disorder, the chief symptom of which is that that person possesses no conscience. He or she has no ability whatsoever to feel shame, guilt, or remorse ... They c...
| Main Author: | Stout, Martha, 1953- |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Broadway Books,
2005.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : imagine
- The seventh sense
- Ice people : the sociopaths
- When normal conscience sleeps
- The nicest person in the world
- Why conscience is partially blind
- How to recognize the remorseless
- The etiology of guiltlessness : what causes sociopathy?
- The sociopath next door
- The origins of conscience
- Bernie's choice : why conscience is bettter
- Groundhog day
- Conscience in its purest form : Science votes for morality.