Growing up as an adolescent, I was one of those gullible and misinformed teens who thought that any person who was evil was therefore crazy as well. This is because we all know that nobody in their right mind would do or want to do evil. But I see now that sanity is a matter of being able to distinguish between reality and fantasy, not as a matter of deliberately choosing to do right or wrong--that's morality. And we also know that if someone wasn't twisted or sick, they would not do evil. And I'm not talking about being schizophrenic, delusional, or even paranoia for that matter, because we know that is not the case at all. I'm talking about people who know their actions are wrong but actually have the gall to do it anyway. No normal person would even think of doing what they do.
People say all the time that psychopaths/sociopaths know right from wrong and freely choose to do wrong, and yet they can't explain why they choose to do wrong. I don't understand their motives either. These people say this like they're perfectly normal people who don't have a trace of problems. But what I have trouble understanding is that these people really do choose to do wrong and that nothing or nobody forces them to do wrong. And the main reason I do (either because I may really have trouble understanding or because I refuse to face the simple and harsh fact) is simply because I would never think any human being would do or want to do something like that. It's just unbelievable. So I just automatically concluded that they are just crazy people with twisted morals. I didn't want to see they were people who choose to do wrong and for no good reason whatsoever cause pain onto others. I wanted to see evil as insanity and not evil as evil. I try to rationalize or twist things into how I wanted to see them.
So tell me, if these people know right from wrong, why do they do it anyway? I just do not understand.....
People say all the time that psychopaths/sociopaths know right from wrong and freely choose to do wrong, and yet they can't explain why they choose to do wrong. I don't understand their motives either. These people say this like they're perfectly normal people who don't have a trace of problems. But what I have trouble understanding is that these people really do choose to do wrong and that nothing or nobody forces them to do wrong. And the main reason I do (either because I may really have trouble understanding or because I refuse to face the simple and harsh fact) is simply because I would never think any human being would do or want to do something like that. It's just unbelievable. So I just automatically concluded that they are just crazy people with twisted morals. I didn't want to see they were people who choose to do wrong and for no good reason whatsoever cause pain onto others. I wanted to see evil as insanity and not evil as evil. I try to rationalize or twist things into how I wanted to see them.
So tell me, if these people know right from wrong, why do they do it anyway? I just do not understand.....