Can a psychopath be a good philosopher?
"Psychopathy (or sociopathy) is a personality trait or disorder characterised
partly by enduring anti-social behavior, a diminished capacity for empathy or
remorse, and poor behavioral controls."
Here's a checklist of the usual "Interpersonal/Affective" traits:
Glibness/superficial charm. Grandiose sense of self-worth. Pathological lying.
Cunning/manipulative. Lack of remorse or guilt. Shallow affect (genuine emotion
is short-lived and egocentric). Callousness; lack of empathy. Failure to accept
responsibility for his or her own actions.
> Subject: Re: [MD] the disease, the cure, the volume of material
>
> Marsha asked dmb (and Andre in a previous post):
> "Do you have an intelligent question to ask?"
>
> Andre:
> This is interesting because for some time now Marsha has asked dmb for a
> definition of the intellectual level. If this question is genuine the
> question above makes no sense because, what criteria will Marsha use to
> decide whether a question is 'intelligent'?
>
> My hunch is that Marsha is setting up another Lucy. She may not like the
> name calling, even use slithering tactics by appealing to so called 'ad
> hominem' attacks on her... but here it is. Is the question
> intellectually based? Can't be because she pretends not to know what it
> is to be intelligent and therefore asks dmb (who is continually showing
> it through his quality posts by the way).
>
> The motive therefore cannot be a genuine intellectual/intelligence
> persuit but a social value driving this one. It's a set up to denigrade
> and provoke for no other reason that the satisfaction of Lucy's ego.
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