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kleinbl00  ·  4309 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: [PDF] Dorner's Manifesto - Can evil be justified?

OKCupid's version.

"I should mention now that this test is inherently flawed, due to the fact that someone who was a true sociopath or psychopath would not be telling the truth on an online test."

Apropos of nothing, that's a lot of typing for a phone.

    Where does someone go from being a shady character to being a sociopath? That's a good question.

That's a clinical question. If I call you shady, that's an opinion. If I call you a sociopath, that's an Axis II personality disorder characterized by at least three of the following:

1) Callous unconcern for the feelings of others;

2) Gross and persistent attitude of irresponsibility and disregard for social norms, rules, and obligations;

3) Incapacity to maintain enduring relationships, though having no difficulty in establishing them;

4) Very low tolerance to frustration and a low threshold for discharge of aggression, including violence;

5) Incapacity to experience guilt or to profit from experience, particularly punishment;

6) Markedly prone to blame others or to offer plausible rationalizations for the behavior that has brought the person into conflict with society.