Psychopaths: Moral Insanity

Psychopaths are very fascinating individuals. These individuals tend to demonstrate a side of themselves that characterize crazy or perilous behavior, however to these individuals it's just their personality. Numerous researchers have discovered what makes an insane person, from an mental case is antisocial behavior. Psychopaths can be created from one accident this could be from a traumatic head injury can cause change in the brain. This can damage the prefrontal cortex. This part of the brain has everything to do with, personality, decision making, and controlling social behavior. If this is damaged people can notice a change in personality which means they slowly start to turn into someone who is totally different from the person they were once before.Psychopaths are self-centered, thrill seekers who lack empathy, remorse and rarely feel …show more content…
Most kids by the age of five start to feel remorseful when they break the rules in their environment. As they grow to be mental cases they do not feel any regret or blame as most small children do. Throughout the 19th century, psychopathology was considered to be "moral insanity". Today it is commonly known as "antisocial personality disorder" or "sociopathology." Scientist believe that sociopaths are the leading case to psychopaths. “They learn to mimic emotions, despite their inability to actually feel them, and will appear normal to unsuspecting people” (Bonn, 2014, para. 7). Today the well known killer himself Ted Bundy has impacted society mentally and physically. He has killed and raped 36 women. Psychopathic killers view their innocent victims as inhuman objects to be tormented and violated for their amusement. “It was concluded he had antisocial personality disorder – people frequently identified as “sociopaths” or “psychopaths” – are often outwardly charming, even charismatic” (Liam, 2015, para.