Of Pathics & Evil: A Philosophy Against Malice

by Joseph J Freeman, Sharon R Campbell (Editor)

Overview

First they charm you. Next they disarm you. Then they harm you.

The title of this book, Of Pathics & Evil: A Philosophy against Malice, fairly much tells of its contents. It is about evil--human evil in general, and malicious evil in particular; and includes a philosophy aimed to protect ourselves against pathics: narcissists, sociopaths, psychopaths, and psychoticpaths.. These human predators can be men, women, or children from any background, any place, any age. As used in this book, evil implies destruction, breaking down, undermining, and disruption. This is a fascinating, wrenching study of both evil and pathics as it weaves in and out of the variations of pathic behavior. Mr. Freeman saves the reader from sinking into despair on reading these graphic accounts by offering a philosophy against malice derived from personal experience, extensive study, and intuitive insight.

"For every thousand people hacking at the branches of evil. there is one person striking at its root."--Thoreau

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781735097879
Publisher:	Public Benefit Nonprofit Education
Publication date:	07/15/2022
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	470
File size:	433 KB

About the Author

Joseph Freeman researched the subject of evil in relation to psychopathy for sixteen years, and his book Of Pathics & Evil: A Philosophy Against Malice, is the culmination of that research. Mr. Freeman's insightful approach to the subject of psychopathy differs from all other books on the subject from four standpoints: (1) it is a compilation of personal accounts from psychopaths themselves and from their victims; (2) he has cleared up the frustrating problem of distinguishing the differences between the psychopath, the sociopath, the narcissist, and the psychotic; (3) he has consolidated these four terms under the inclusive term, "pathics"; (4) he has brought to the foreground an awareness of pathic behavior in both women and children, which has been mostly in the background of (psycho)pathic studies; and (5) he explores the phenomenon of the pathic character in relation to the subject of evil as inherent to human nature.

Table of Contents

Contents

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Acknowledgement                                                                 

PART ONE: Perspectives of Human Evil

Chapter  1      A Preliminary 1 

Chapter  2      The Pathics 9

Chapter  3      The Evil in Human Nature 16

Chapter  4       Pathics As Evil 81                                                      

PART TWO: Profiles of the Pathic Individual

Chapter  5      The Pathics: In Their Own Words 89

Chapter  6       The Victims: Descriptions of Pathics 108

Chapter  7       The Authorities: An Overview of Pathics 121

Chapter  8      Nature and/or Nurture  151                                      

PART THREE: Pathics in Relationships

Chapter  9       Gender and Distinctions 166

Chapter 10       Codependents 242

Chapter 11       Sex 258

Chapter 12       Religion 291

Chapter 13      In the Workplace 302

Chapter 14      Traumatic Effects on Pathics' Victims 347

PART FOUR:  Against the Evil in Pathics

Chapter 15      Against Evil in General 384

Chapter 16      Against Pathics in Particular 397

PART FIVE:  Toward the Ascendancy of Justice and Wisdom

Chapter 17      A Philosophy against Malice: Auroralism 413

Chapter 18      Hard-Natures in Contrast to Soft-Natures 416

Chapter 19   That Good May Prevail over Evil   431

Chapter 20   The Play's the Thing  447

AFTERWORD   466