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10 comments
Bob Lai says:
May 2, 2012 at 9:16 am (UTC -7)
Are you voting for the less psycopathic of two psychopaths …?
Eveline Aebi says:
May 2, 2012 at 9:18 am (UTC -7)
You mean the less evil one, +Bob Lai?
Chris George says:
May 2, 2012 at 9:21 am (UTC -7)
+Eveline Aebi Does evil require intent?
If so, then psychopaths are off the hook. That is just how they are by nature. No intent required. The rest of us recognize the problem and do nothing about it, making us complicit in their activities.
That is evil.
P E Sharpe says:
May 2, 2012 at 9:23 am (UTC -7)
They do this in academia too. Just sayin'.
Chris George says:
May 2, 2012 at 9:25 am (UTC -7)
+P E Sharpe Power attracts the corruptible.
Eveline Aebi says:
May 2, 2012 at 9:25 am (UTC -7)
You're right, +Chris George, evil comes with intent. I was just thinking in German where there's the phrase: choosing the less ill of two.
P E Sharpe says:
May 2, 2012 at 9:27 am (UTC -7)
+Chris George, I'd say it attracts the corrupt, especially when the stakes are low.
Eveline Aebi says:
May 2, 2012 at 9:27 am (UTC -7)
Or power corrupts.
Chris George says:
May 2, 2012 at 9:35 am (UTC -7)
+Eveline Aebi I often wondered what would happen if we put a truly good man in a position of power? Would power corrupt?
Since we have few historic examples to learn from I prefer to think that power attracts the corruptible.
P E Sharpe says:
May 2, 2012 at 9:38 am (UTC -7)
The apparently innate nature of psychopaths and sociopaths would indicate they are corrupt, not corruptible.