Meryl Streep once said, “The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy”, but what if a human does not bare that ‘gift’? It is fascinating that this gift of empathy that most of the population possesses and uses to understand each other could not be present in someone . A psychopath is the term used in society to label people who lack empathy. It is a mental disorder that is among the hardest ones to distinguish. It is frightening that a human being can be a pathological liar, manipulate other people easily, and is incapable of feeling any anxiety or remorse for their actions.
Everyone lies whether they would like to admit to it or not, but it is different for a psychopath. Psychopaths are pathological liar, most of what …show more content…
According to Dr.Hare Psychopaths display “use of deceit and deception to cheat, con, or defraud others for personal gain”. This ability to manipulate other people can become easier over time for a psychopath. In James Fallon’s experiences, “The pranks and manipulations and party mayhem got riskier and would involve tens and hundreds of others as I got older”. Tens and hundreds could turn into thousands and escalate even further. If one person could manipulate that many people, people could see them as a great leader. The scariest part in this situation would be that psychopaths are only out for their own gain, and because they lack empathy they don’t see the problem in it. So having a psychopath as a leader of a country could potentially be devastating to the whole world. Some people have the ability to see through this facade, and other people eventually see through it, but when it is too late. It is too late for Detective Ryan in the case of Rosalind Devlin. Once the realization comes to him he describes, “ for the first time I saw in starkly allegorical relief how ugly she was, without the layered makeup and the artfully tumbling ringlets:pouched cheeks, thin avid mouth pursed into a hateful smirk, eyes as glassy and empty as a doll’s”(French, 403). The main character nor the reader could see that throughout the entire book Rosalind had been manipulating him. If a psychopathic leader gains power, and the people do not recognize it early enough this ‘great leader’ could cause a genocide, or another war. And he would not care as long as he gains from
Everyone lies whether they would like to admit to it or not, but it is different for a psychopath. Psychopaths are pathological liar, most of what …show more content…
According to Dr.Hare Psychopaths display “use of deceit and deception to cheat, con, or defraud others for personal gain”. This ability to manipulate other people can become easier over time for a psychopath. In James Fallon’s experiences, “The pranks and manipulations and party mayhem got riskier and would involve tens and hundreds of others as I got older”. Tens and hundreds could turn into thousands and escalate even further. If one person could manipulate that many people, people could see them as a great leader. The scariest part in this situation would be that psychopaths are only out for their own gain, and because they lack empathy they don’t see the problem in it. So having a psychopath as a leader of a country could potentially be devastating to the whole world. Some people have the ability to see through this facade, and other people eventually see through it, but when it is too late. It is too late for Detective Ryan in the case of Rosalind Devlin. Once the realization comes to him he describes, “ for the first time I saw in starkly allegorical relief how ugly she was, without the layered makeup and the artfully tumbling ringlets:pouched cheeks, thin avid mouth pursed into a hateful smirk, eyes as glassy and empty as a doll’s”(French, 403). The main character nor the reader could see that throughout the entire book Rosalind had been manipulating him. If a psychopathic leader gains power, and the people do not recognize it early enough this ‘great leader’ could cause a genocide, or another war. And he would not care as long as he gains from