Book description
A gripping book from the bestselling author of hugely popular self-help book, The Road Less Travelled. Leading psychiatrist and self-help pioneer Dr M.Scott Peck reveals his encounters with evil, during sessions with patients of his psychiatric therapy.
"The patient suddenly resembled a writhing snake of great strength. . . More…
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This classic was written in 1983 and is a deep dive into human malice. Peck was a Christian and a psychiatrist, and he drew a distinction between ordinary sins and evil. "It is not their sins per se that characterize evil people, rather it is the subtlety and persistence and consistency of their sins. This is because the central defect of the evil is not the sin but the refusal to acknowledge it.”
As someone who dealt with offenders who were either consistently violent or sexually assaultive or both–some of whom had no remorse and positively enjoyed the use of…
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