In his book, Without Conscience, Robert Hare argues that we live in a camouflage society, in which some psychopathic traits – egocentricity, lack of concern for others, superficiality, style over substance, being ‘cool’, manipulativeness, and so forth – increasingly are tolerated and even valued.
Cold-blooded and remorseless psychopaths who blend into all aspects of society have little difficulty infiltrating the domains of business, politics, law enforcement, government, academia and other social structures where they often have devastating impacts on people around them. People who lack a conscience inhabit every aspect of society, from national politics to local schools.
This course covers the unique psychology and prime motives of psychopaths, helps us learn how to better detect these predatory manipulators, and examines how to repair lives turned upside down by malignant narcissists who do not embrace the same moral play book most of us share.