If I have a mission in life, it is to convince people that…

But the most important lesson I have learned in my twenty years or research on morality is that nearly all people are morally motivated.…

— Jonathan Haidt

In short, ISIS is composed of religiously motivated psychopaths,

— Jay Sekulow

“However misguided, the asshole is morally motivated. He is fundamentally different from the psychopath, who either lacks or fails to engage moral concepts, and…

— Aaron James

You can see the rider serving the elephant when people are morally dumbfounded. They have strong gut feelings about what is right and wrong,…

— Jonathan Haidt

“Prisons are full of sociopaths and psychopaths, but when questioned, the imprisoned sociopath will honestly admit that they will commit any number of crimes…

— Tanya Thompson

“We’re used to the film versions of psychopaths. The clearly crazies. But most psychopaths are clever. They have to be. They know how to…

— Louise Penny

Language and words for psychopaths are only word deep; there is no emotional colouring behind it. A psychopath can use a word like, ‘I…

— Robert D. Hare

Psychopaths don't have that charming skill set. They definitely manipulate, but they do it through focused, unskilled means. They're more obsessive.

— Patrick Heusinger

Even psychopaths have emotions. Then again, maybe not.

— Richard Ramirez

We are all born with an innate understanding of interpersonal equity - the idea that if you lend me your rake today, I'll respond…

— Jeffrey Kluger

One of the problems with studies that examine the effects of violent imagery is that they typically use mentally healthy psychology students. If you…

— Park Dietz

It is the cult of self that is killing the United States. This cult has within it the classic traits of psychopaths: superficial charm,…

— Chris Hedges

“To be sure, if psychopaths do recognize that actions that are harmful are proscribed, this raises a question about why psychopaths and control criminals…

— Shaun Nichols

“Justice departments and parole boards all over the world have accepted his contention that psychopaths are quite simply incurable and everyone should concentrate their…

— Jon Ronson

Too many people hold the idea that psychopaths are essentially killers or convicts. The general public hasn't been educated to see beyond the social…

— Robert D. Hare