People with antisocial personality disorder have impaired capacity to love, impulse control and moral reasoning.
These individuals do not dawn with the disorder at age 15 as if they had caught a cold. The problems in the ability to love, impulse control and moral reasoning develop from the moment of conception. We believe that there is a key time to develop the capacity to love. Children must learn to love before puberty, or possibly never be able to love. Impulse control and moral reasoning can be improved at any age if the person is motivated to do so.
Developing the capacity to love lays the foundation for the development of impulse control and moral reasoning ability. (Please see the definition of capacity for love that is offered on this site.)
Since individuals with antisocial personality disorder are not capable of love, it's easy for them to have a lifestyle that used by others (criteria 5 and 7). They have little if any ability to control their impulses (criteria 1, 3 and 4). They also lack a moral code to follow (criteria 1, 2, and 6).
More on the Inner Triangle: Triangle
Base Interior, and the core of good character is the capacity to love. The ability to love depends on our inner emotional life and our capacity for empathy (Chapter 3 of Just Like His Father?). The sides of the triangle are formed by the ability to control impulses (Chapter 4) and the capacity for moral reasoning (Chapter 5).
The impulse control is our ability to manage our appetites and emotions. Moral reasoning is our understanding of morality and how we use this understanding. A person capable of loving and capable of controlling their impulses work well in any society, regardless of the moral values \u200b\u200bof that society. Moral values \u200b\u200bvary by culture, but all human societies have a moral code that members are expected to follow.
To better understand how the Inner Triangle works, consider what would result if one of the three sides were not well developed. The person with little capacity to love would be most affected. However, the person with little empathy and emotional life could partially compensate poor if you have the impulse control and moral reasoning well developed. Their moral values \u200b\u200band self-control would lead him to behave well with others, even if devoid of feelings that guide his behavior.
Surely you know someone who fits this description. Often these people are somewhat cold and do everything "by the book" Since no strong loving feelings to guide their behavior, good reason to fear what would happen if the impulse control and / or moral reasoning to deteriorate.
These individuals who are driven "by the book "are perceived by others as limited in the area of \u200b\u200bfeelings. Even so, tend to be good people who do not take advantage of others. Thus, some interaction between genes and upbringing allows character development so that the deficiency in capacity for love is balanced when impulse control and moral reasoning are well developed. To these people we recommend to pursue actions "by the book."
The person with poor impulse control but with a capacity for love and a well developed moral reasoning is an impulsive person who feels guilt and remorse. These individuals behave impulsively but really bad unwilling to do so. Since this type of person you are concerned about this issue, is willing to seek help. Those with problems in impulse control may benefit from training and medicines to strengthen its impulse control center .
When the capacity to love and impulse control are relatively intact and the moral reasoning ability is impaired, the individual tends to justify their bad behavior. That is why we use the expression "no honor among thieves." Thieves with honor have the ability to love intact. Many people who end up in the criminal justice system get there due to faulty moral reasoning and impulse control.
The high proportion of criminal conduct found in lower socioeconomic groups is not due to a greater number of true antisocial personality disorder in those groups. Those responsible are the differences in moral reasoning and aging on the control of impulses.
We need to develop reliable ways to identify criminals whose ability to love intact. These individuals do not meet the DSM IV criterion 7. The problem is that remorse is very difficult to measure, and many with antisocial personality disorder feign remorse. Moral reasoning ability can be improved through education and treatment of the person who has the other qualities intact.
These individuals do not dawn with the disorder at age 15 as if they had caught a cold. The problems in the ability to love, impulse control and moral reasoning develop from the moment of conception. We believe that there is a key time to develop the capacity to love. Children must learn to love before puberty, or possibly never be able to love. Impulse control and moral reasoning can be improved at any age if the person is motivated to do so.
Developing the capacity to love lays the foundation for the development of impulse control and moral reasoning ability. (Please see the definition of capacity for love that is offered on this site.)
Since individuals with antisocial personality disorder are not capable of love, it's easy for them to have a lifestyle that used by others (criteria 5 and 7). They have little if any ability to control their impulses (criteria 1, 3 and 4). They also lack a moral code to follow (criteria 1, 2, and 6).
More on the Inner Triangle: Triangle
Base Interior, and the core of good character is the capacity to love. The ability to love depends on our inner emotional life and our capacity for empathy (Chapter 3 of Just Like His Father?). The sides of the triangle are formed by the ability to control impulses (Chapter 4) and the capacity for moral reasoning (Chapter 5).
The impulse control is our ability to manage our appetites and emotions. Moral reasoning is our understanding of morality and how we use this understanding. A person capable of loving and capable of controlling their impulses work well in any society, regardless of the moral values \u200b\u200bof that society. Moral values \u200b\u200bvary by culture, but all human societies have a moral code that members are expected to follow.
To better understand how the Inner Triangle works, consider what would result if one of the three sides were not well developed. The person with little capacity to love would be most affected. However, the person with little empathy and emotional life could partially compensate poor if you have the impulse control and moral reasoning well developed. Their moral values \u200b\u200band self-control would lead him to behave well with others, even if devoid of feelings that guide his behavior.
Surely you know someone who fits this description. Often these people are somewhat cold and do everything "by the book" Since no strong loving feelings to guide their behavior, good reason to fear what would happen if the impulse control and / or moral reasoning to deteriorate.
These individuals who are driven "by the book "are perceived by others as limited in the area of \u200b\u200bfeelings. Even so, tend to be good people who do not take advantage of others. Thus, some interaction between genes and upbringing allows character development so that the deficiency in capacity for love is balanced when impulse control and moral reasoning are well developed. To these people we recommend to pursue actions "by the book."
The person with poor impulse control but with a capacity for love and a well developed moral reasoning is an impulsive person who feels guilt and remorse. These individuals behave impulsively but really bad unwilling to do so. Since this type of person you are concerned about this issue, is willing to seek help. Those with problems in impulse control may benefit from training and medicines to strengthen its impulse control center .
When the capacity to love and impulse control are relatively intact and the moral reasoning ability is impaired, the individual tends to justify their bad behavior. That is why we use the expression "no honor among thieves." Thieves with honor have the ability to love intact. Many people who end up in the criminal justice system get there due to faulty moral reasoning and impulse control.
The high proportion of criminal conduct found in lower socioeconomic groups is not due to a greater number of true antisocial personality disorder in those groups. Those responsible are the differences in moral reasoning and aging on the control of impulses.
We need to develop reliable ways to identify criminals whose ability to love intact. These individuals do not meet the DSM IV criterion 7. The problem is that remorse is very difficult to measure, and many with antisocial personality disorder feign remorse. Moral reasoning ability can be improved through education and treatment of the person who has the other qualities intact.
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