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Jon Ronson Ted Talk - The Psychopath Test - 0 views

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    Jon Ronson talks about a man who pretended to be a mentally ill to avoid a prison sentence. However,the doctors and lawyers claimed that pretending to be mentally ill is psychopathic behavior. Everything the man tried to do to make himself seem normal, the doctors claimed was behavior that a manipulative psychopath may exhibit to make others "think" he is normal. It raises the question How do we really know the motives behind one's actions? How can we identify someone as psychopathic if we all exhibit a bit of psychopathic behavior? Is it ethical to hold someone in a mental hospital who exhibits psychopathic behavior but has only committed a minor felony?
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