Ask a psychopath anything

 
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Verbatim got his focused AMA to work, so I figured I'd go ahead and do mine. I do expect to take some flak for this, though.

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Antisocial (or dissocial) personality disorder is characterized by a lack of empathy or remorse and a pervasive pattern of disregard for, or violation of, the rights of others. There may be an impoverished moral sense or conscience and a history of crime, legal problems, and impulsive and aggressive behavior.

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Psychopathy is traditionally defined as a personality disorder characterized by enduring antisocial behavior, diminished empathy and remorse, and disinhibited or bold behavior.

And yes I put this in Serious because I'm actually interested in what a (marginally) serious discussion about this will look like.

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Disclaimer: I haven't been officially diagnosed with ASPD (psychopathy itself isn't even a diagnosis), because I am underage. This "assumption", if you like, is based on the general consensus of the professionals I have seen, and the fact that my current counselor is pushing really hard for me to see a psychologist >.>

If you don't believe me regardless, that's absolutely fine and is to be expected.


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Hmm...
I think you said you wouldn't torture your own animals in your other thread, so do you experience love or affection to those people who are closest to you?


 
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Ketchup or mustard?
Ketchup for burgers and fries.

Mustard for things like steak and hot dogs.


 
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I think you said you wouldn't torture your own animals in your other thread, so do you experience love or affection to those people who are closest to you?
You could characterise it as affection, but not love. The best definition I've ever heard somebody give me of love is "caring for somebody more than you do for yourself".

It's a very selfish kind of affection, however. I'm closest, in my family, to my grandma. However, I have vivid memories of her saying something which annoyed me and then feeling a flash of intense anger. Whether that's normal, I don't know, but it can lead to horrible consequences when I act on impulse (I haven't, however, physically harmed a family member).



 
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Now I want a hotdog.
So do I.

Hotdogs are the sort of food you immediately want when thinking about.


 
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]Lol yeah.

Oh man I can almost taste it.
Oh, the though of a shimmering piece of lengthy meat in my mouth.

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This is a bit of a loaded question, so if I'm mistaken in any of my premises, feel free to correct me...

It's to my understanding that sociopaths do not have a capacity for empathy. Do you think a level of empathy is required in order to rationally solve moral dilemmas? Could a psychopath nullify his psychopathy by practicing morally good deeds (utilitarian deeds), or are they all ultimately self-serving?


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Yay, I only have Psychopathic tendencies rather than anything full-on, know what I would be?


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This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang but a whimper.
This is a bit of a loaded question, so if I'm mistaken in any of my premises, feel free to correct me...

It's to my understanding that sociopaths do not have a capacity for empathy. Do you think a level of empathy is required in order to rationally solve moral dilemmas? Could a psychopath nullify his psychopathy by practicing morally good deeds (utilitarian deeds), or are they all ultimately self-serving?

It depends on how you look at it. I think a psychopathy is perfectly capable of acting, consequentially, in a moral way. Primary psychopaths (that is a psychopath, not a sociopath, which would be a secondary psychopath) are supposedly more willing to condone impersonal harm.

Interestingly, utilitarianism, as developed by Jeremy Bentham, is distinct by being high in systemising and low on empathising. While not psychopathic, Benthan was actually probably Aspergic which, when it comes to empathy, can share some characteristics with psychopathy.

Ultimately, it depends on whether or not you think the motivation or propriety of an action matters. If you do, then psychopaths are almost always amoral or immoral. If you don't, then you could probably get a consequentially moral psychopath at some point.

To answer the first question also, I firmly believe that moral "reasoning" is just post hoc rationalisation. Individuals with brain damage (which can actually be a determinant for criminal and psychopathic behaviour) to certain areas which diminishes empathy and other emotions leads to initial moral intuition make horrible choices morally.

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Although, a really important distinction to make is between cognitive and affective empathy. Psychopaths are capable, intellectually, of understanding and recognising emotions. They just don't have the ability to "relate" to other people. Empathetic deficiency in people like autists is down to a lack of cognitive empathy also, which leads to impaired intellectual understanding.
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What's your view on money? I mean that as in, how much value do you place on it, and how much of your time and life would you spend trying to pursue it, if at all?


 
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What's your view on money? I mean that as in, how much value do you place on it, and how much of your time and life would you spend trying to pursue it, if at all?
That's actually a really interest question. I don't place much value on money at all. I understand that 10 pounds sterling is equal to 10 pounds sterling.

However, I don't intuitively understand the value of money. I can be fairly loose with my own money, as well as other people's.


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Not all psychopaths are bad. Certainly you're not the bad kind, right? 


 
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What's your view on money? I mean that as in, how much value do you place on it, and how much of your time and life would you spend trying to pursue it, if at all?
That's actually a really interest question. I don't place much value on money at all. I understand that 10 pounds sterling is equal to 10 pounds sterling.

However, I don't intuitively understand the value of money. I can be fairly loose with my own money, as well as other people's.

So, you don't hold much in the way of value for money. But you understand that in the current state of things, it is for the most part required if you want to live in relative comfort.

So, I ask, if it has little value, but not completely none, then how much do you value money over time? How much time, your life in hours, would you be willing to spend for what amount?


 
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Not all psychopaths are bad. Certainly you're not the bad kind, right?
You'd need to define "bad" for me to answer that.


 
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So, I ask, if it has little value, but not completely none, then how much do you value money over time? How much time, your life in hours, would you be willing to spend for what amount?
Not a clue. I'd certainly be willing to give up a fair amount of time for a large portion of money, not necessarily for the worth of the money itself, but the general ease of living and liquidity which it'd offer me. But, I really don't know, I'd need to be in a specific situation to judge it properly, I think.


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Would you go on a mass-killing frenzy, like Olso, if you had the chance?
No.

If I could get away with it, literally scot-free, then potentially.

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Did you choose the edge or did the edge choose you?
I chose the edge, obviously.


 
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I like you a lot less after you admitted to torturing animals, how does that make you feel?


 
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I like you a lot less after you admitted to torturing animals, how does that make you feel?
Not at all surprised. It's the social undesirability of it which makes me stop, after all.


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I like you a lot less after you admitted to torturing animals, how does that make you feel?
It's the social undesirability of it which makes me stop
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hahah
I don't know why, but seeing you laugh made me laugh.