Summary of Robert D. Hare's Without Conscience

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#1 The three accounts that make up this chapter are drawn from a prison population, where most of the studies of psychopathy take place, and from everyday life, where psychopaths are found not only in prison populations.

#2 I was hired as the prison psychologist in the early 1960s. I had no experience or interest in clinical psychology, but I was willing to learn. The first client I saw was a tall, slim dark-haired man in his thirties named Ray.

#3 Ray was a psychopath who was transferred to the prison to be treated for his psychopathy. He was constantly making demands on my time, and when I tried to help him, he tried to manipulate me into doing things for him.

#4 After I left the prison, I was still making payments on a 1958 Ford that I could not really afford. One of the officers there, later to become warden, offered to trade his 1950 Morris Minor for my Ford and take over my payments. I agreed, and because the Morris wasn’t in good shape, I had it repaired in the prison’s auto shop.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jun 4, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822530355

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Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 14

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The three accounts that make up this chapter are drawn from a prison population, where most of the studies of psychopathy take place, and from everyday life, where psychopaths are found not only in prison populations.

#2

I was hired as the prison psychologist in the early 1960s. I had no experience or interest in clinical psychology, but I was willing to learn. The first client I saw was a tall, slim dark-haired man in his thirties named Ray.

#3

Ray was a psychopath who was transferred to the prison to be treated for his psychopathy. He was constantly making demands on my time, and when I tried to help him, he tried to manipulate me into doing things for him.

#4

After I left the prison, I was still making payments on a 1958 Ford that I could not really afford. One of the officers there, later to become warden, offered to trade his 1950 Morris Minor for my Ford and take over my payments. I agreed, and because the Morris wasn’t in good shape, I had it repaired in the prison’s auto shop.

#5

I wrote my dissertation on the effects of punishment on human learning and performance. In my research, I encountered for the first time the literature on psychopathy. I was curious about what gave Ray the power to override reality without compunction or concern.

#6

When she met Dan, she was lonely. He was charming and funny,