A Theory of the Psychodynamic Repression of Moral Sentiments: When Moral People do Evil Things

A scholarly expansion of the psychodynamic mechanism of repression within the sphere of criminal-immoral behavior which offers a novel look at the overlap of criminal behavior of sociopaths and persons generally deemed to be normal and law-abiding. The book also addresses the concept of sociopaths and their supposed incurability, offering a novel and controversial guideline to a psychodynamic intervention. More generally, it puts forth several novel theories about the nature of morality as a psychological function and the dynamics within the individual mind. This book is geared toward readers with little or no knowledge of psychoanalytic theory but who have an interest in the psychology of why people behave the way they do, especially when good people commit heinous acts.