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