[Buddha-l] Personality disorders and anatta

[Dante Rosati]

On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 3:54 AM, Erik Hoogcarspel <jehms at xs4all.nl> wrote:
> Op 26-11-10 04:40, Dante Rosati schreef:
>> i don't think most psychopaths want to be cured. if they did, they
>> wouldn't be psychopaths, n'est pas?
>>
> I'm very surprised by the the simplemindedness of Dante here. There are
> some 'disorders' that were invented in the eighties, most of them in the
> US, just to stimulate the sales of valium and later prozac.

yes, but psychopathology is not one of them. It is a complex state
partially characterized thusly:

"The prototypical psychopath has deficits or deviances in several
areas: interpersonal relationships, emotion, and self-control.
Psychopaths gain satisfaction through antisocial behavior, and do not
experience shame, guilt, or remorse for their actions. Psychopaths
lack a sense of guilt or remorse for any harm they may have caused
others, instead rationalizing the behavior, blaming someone else, or
denying it outright."

does it sound like this person would want to be cured, or even realize
they are in need of "curing"? no. so why exactly are you objecting to
my statement about psychopaths not wanting to be cured?