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[–]8Ball0 points
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Are you certain you're not using the term psychopath as a catch-all to shift all blame from sociopaths onto psychopaths? Because, in all seriousness, both are capable of horrible evil, no matter how you want classify them.
Are you saying that psychopaths have no moral qualms whatsoever, but sociopaths may or may not have them? Is that the distinction? If it is, how are you supposed to distinguish that? I'm not sure if you even can.
I think I have a pretty good idea of the difference between the two. I'm no expert, full disclosure, but I have an interest in psychology so I've certainly looked into both sociopathy and psychopathy. So yeah, maybe I'm totally wrong.
But you're no expert either, because in nothing I've ever read has either classification ever been described as "evil". That's an emotional assertion.
I don't think we're gonna get anywhere with this, so I'm tapping out, but before I go: in all seriousness, a man with a weapon is capable of horrible evil. Whether that weapon is a knife, a gun, a bomb, or just plain ol' poltical power. Does having any of that make them inherently evil? Or is it what they so with it that makes them evil?
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[–] Doomking_Grimlock ago
But are you certain you are describing a sociopath and not a psychopath? Because to me it sounds like you're describing a psychopath.
[–] 8Ball ago (edited ago)
Are you certain you're not using the term psychopath as a catch-all to shift all blame from sociopaths onto psychopaths? Because, in all seriousness, both are capable of horrible evil, no matter how you want classify them.
Are you saying that psychopaths have no moral qualms whatsoever, but sociopaths may or may not have them? Is that the distinction? If it is, how are you supposed to distinguish that? I'm not sure if you even can.
[–] Doomking_Grimlock ago
I think I have a pretty good idea of the difference between the two. I'm no expert, full disclosure, but I have an interest in psychology so I've certainly looked into both sociopathy and psychopathy. So yeah, maybe I'm totally wrong.
But you're no expert either, because in nothing I've ever read has either classification ever been described as "evil". That's an emotional assertion.
I don't think we're gonna get anywhere with this, so I'm tapping out, but before I go: in all seriousness, a man with a weapon is capable of horrible evil. Whether that weapon is a knife, a gun, a bomb, or just plain ol' poltical power. Does having any of that make them inherently evil? Or is it what they so with it that makes them evil?