Thread: What is Evil?
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Old 01-26-2009, 12:30 AM   #8 (permalink)
WilliWibald
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RT Wolf, I thank you for this post. This video was highly interesting for me. I had very similar thoughts/revelations as Sean147.

I just recently read a book about human evil:

People of the lie - by Scott Peck

He has a definition of evil people, that I do want to share:

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...the time is right, I believe, for psychiatry to recognize a distinct new type of personality disorder to encompass those I have named evil. In addition to the abrogation of responsibility that characterizes all personality disorders, this one would specifically be distinguished by:
(a) consistent destructive, scapegoating behavior, which may often be quite subtle.
(b) excessive, albeit usually covert, intolerance to criticism and other forms of narcissistic injury
(c) pronounced concern with a public image and self-image of respectability, contributing to a stability of life-style but also to pretentiousness and denial of hateful feelings or vengeful motives
(d) intellectual deviousness, with an increased likelihood of a mild schizophreniclike disturbance of thinking at times of stress

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...I'm off to watch the video a second time.

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