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Originally Posted by pylon
psy·cho·path [sahy-kuh-path] Show IPA
noun
a person with a psychopathic personality, which manifests as amoral and antisocial behavior, lack of ability to love or establish meaningful personal relationships, extreme egocentricity, failure to learn from experience, etc.
If someone lacks the ability to act in a moral way, is that their fault they lack that ability? Why can people not sympathize with someone in that position? They cannot change or control it.
That is what I am failing to grasp. It seems very hypocritical to chastise one person who has a brain disease, and not another. Pedophiles cannot control their feelings either, and we all know how the torches and pitchforks come out for them. It's not their fault their brain is wired that way, is it?
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Are they still able to differentiate between right and wrong, reality and hallucinations, logical thoughts and delusions?
Personality disorders are notoriously difficult to diagnose from every psychiatrist that I have talked to by the way.