Psychopaths are the pinnacle creatures of Cluster B — a group of personality disorders that all include pathological narcissism as a foundation. A psychopath is a cold-blooded human predator, devoid of empathy — they can be very cruel and very dangerous. They feel no shame — they consider shame the hallmark of Lesser People.

Attributes of psychopaths (this page is a work in progress):

• no moral code beyond self-interest; ruthless
• transactional worldview; everything and everyone is for sale
• emotional black holes
• they suck empathy out of the system, destructively
• emotional parasites, feeding off of others’ emotional energies and giving nothing back
• the closest thing to pure evil in a human being

Examples in history and culture:

• Hannibal Lecter
• Ted Bundy
• Charles Manson
• Adolf Hitler
• Ramsay Bolton