“A substantial proportion of people do what they are told to do, irrespective of the content of the act and without limitations of conscience, so long as they perceive that the command comes from a legitimate authority.”
― The Sociopath Next Door
― The Sociopath Next Door
“The psychopath discards his ex-lovers with a degree of vitriol and hatred that astonishes his victims and exceeds any boundaries of normality.”
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“The psychopaths are always around. In calm times we study them, but in times of upheaval, they rule over us.”
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“Our ability to selectively engage and disengage our moral standards . . . helps explain how people can be barbarically cruel in one moment and compassionate the next. —Albert Bandura20”
― The Lucifer Effect: How Good People Turn Evil
― The Lucifer Effect: How Good People Turn Evil
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