essay #87880

Topic: Without A Conscience

Type of paper:	Essay
Subject area:	Psychology
Academic level:	College
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Date submitted:	2008-11-22 01:41:09
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Without Conscience :
The Disturbing World of The Psychopaths Among Us
Book Summary Outline
Nowadays the number of adults and adolescents who perpetrate violence
and consider violence as normal in everyday life is swiftly gowning and
it is terrible because values and beliefs about morality are distorted .
The actions of adolescents seem meaningless and professionals often
can 't understand and explain their motivation . Therefore , the book
``Without Conscience : The Disturbing World of The Psychopaths Among Us '
by Robert Hare is a well-developed work on psychopathic personality . The
author analyzes the reasons and consequences of psychopathic behavior
stressing that it is the most dangerous personality disorder as such
people when affected don 't distinguish what is right and what is wrong .
Their actions aren 't motivated by consciousness . Instead , their actions
are driven by psychological disorders . Actually , the book is vivid and
colorful portrayal of psychopathic disorder and the book can recommended
both for professionals and for parents .
The book presents author 's research on psychopathic disorders . The
positive moment is that the book is written in easy language and in
readable fashion devoted to general audience . Hare analyzes clinical
literature in non-technical trying to avoid professional jargon . The
author combines empirical literature with personal anecdotes , with
descriptions of psychopathic personalities from popular press and
literature . Moreover , the author includes analysis of celebrated cases
as , for example , Ted Bundy , Clifford Olson and the fictional Hannibal
Lecter . Robert Hare provides deep insight into personality of
psychopaths by describing disorder in dozens of individuals with similar
diagnosis , all of whom ``scored high on the PCL . The author claims
that he rejects psychodynamic approaches when describing psychopathic
mind . Hare describes psychopathic personality as reckless , impulsive ,
egocentric , disturbing , content with self and such that lacks
conscience .
Hare pays special attention to identification of the psychopaths . His
Psychopathy Checklist presents ultimate understanding of psychopathic
behavior . Actually , he uses his list to construct psychopathy as
disorder . The author provides definitions , assessment tools and
diagnosis approaches . Hare argues that ``Psychopaths are social
predators who charm , manipulate , and ruthlessly plow their way through
life , leaving a broad trail of broken hearts , shattered expectations ,
and empty wallets . Completely lacking in conscience and in feelings for
others , they selfishly take what they want and do as they please (p .34 ) Psychopathy is associated with antisocial personality disorder .
The author writes that not all patients with antisocial personality
disorder are psychopathic personalities and they should not be provided
with the same pessimistic diagnosis . Hare assumes that professionals are
to be blamed for confusing psychopathic disorder with antisocial
personality disorder .
The book conveys a number of important messages based on Hare 's
fundamental perspective about psychopathic personalities and their
behavioral types . The author portrays psychopathic personalities as
personalities that seem to be born . Hare presents many stories about
individuals who appeared to be normal , but with years became egocentric
and aggressive personalities . The author is unprejudiced when he says
that we are not aware of facts that change human behavior . A number of
genetic...

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