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Toward the Psychology of Malefaction This is a book about human wickedness. I would like to identify two obstacles in the path that this book seeks to traverse. One obstacle is an inappropriate scientism; the other is an inappropriate moralism. There is a kind of scientism that prevents us from seeing that human beings are responsible for what happens on the planet. It is a view that, in the name of science, downplays the role of human beings as agents in what takes place. This view is often expressed in a paradigm that regards human conduct as the "dependent variable," while anything that impinges on the human being is considered the "independent variable." The paradigm further takes the relationship between the dependent and independent variable to be the result of natural law. It charac- teristically ignores the possibility that individual or collective deci- sion or policy, generated by human beings and not by natural law, is and can be regulatory of conduct.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1489900551
ISBN13:9781489900555
Release Date:May 2013
Publisher:Springer
Length:221 Pages
Weight:0.75 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"
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Legal Look at Psychopathology
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
The study of psychopaths has received focussed attention the last 10 years because so many have achieved responsible positions in society, then feel free to act above the law. Instead of giving a psychological rundown, Rieber looks through the legal lens at the behavior of psychopaths, and puts forward reasonable causes of social distress that leads to social dysfunction and psychopathy. To illustrate his points he ranges through recent history, news items, movies, literature, making this book available to a wider audience than a textbook might be. Unfortunately it's published by a textbook publisher which has raised the price outside the usual range, but if you're rich enough, it's worth it.
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