Quote - If they could understand the reasons why they keep murdering by educating themselves about the cummulative effect of conditioning, they MIGHT stop murdering.

 

I think we have a misunderstanding of Freud to thank for the belief that being enlightened about one's motivations equals a potential cure.

Some people rape and murder because they hate women (a result of upbringing quite likely).  They make no bones about it.  They know its momma done real bad stuff.

When one truly lacks impulse control, understanding why one wants to do something doesn't really stop the doing.  If it were that easy, only stupid people would be morbidly obese or gamble to bankruptcy or become alcoholics or drug addicts.

The question is why do some people turn out to have very good self control and others completely lack it?  A history of abuse does not seem to explain it very well.

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