(September 23, 2016 at 5:32 am)robvalue Wrote: If a true psycopath suddenly becomes "moral" (some form of religious subjective morality) it seems to me they're either pretending to do so pragmatically, or else an intangible threat/promise is enough to make them conform. Either way, it's not too impressive. Dealing with psycopaths in society is hard, but manipulating and scaring them isn't the best way IMO.
Are you familiar with the story of Beth Thomas? She was physically, mentally, and sexually abused at a very young age and basically had no emotions and no morals. She constantly abused her brother and wanted to murder her parents. But after years of treatment, she is by all accounts a perfectly normal, functional member of society now. Do you think she's still a psycho? Is this a nature/nurture thing?