Author: David N. Stamos
David N. Stamos teaches philosophy at York University in Toronto, Canada, and is the author of a variety of publications, including Evolution and the Big Questions: Sex, Race, Religion, and Other Matters (Blackwell, 2008).
The Philosophical Significance of Psychopaths: Postmodernism, Morality, and God
Psychopaths are fascinating, in a repugnant sort of way. Whether we read about Ted Bundy or Paul Bernardo or see psychopaths depicted in fictional characters s uch as Hannibal Lecter, we are forced to wonder how a human being could ever do such horrible things. We are also forced to wonder whether we ourselves could …