By johnjgeddes on Skatehive
Evil comes from failure to think. As soon as thought tries to engage itself with evil and examine the premises from which it originates, it is frustrated because it finds nothing there. That is the banality of evil. —Hannah Arendt The human mind is shrouded in mystery—its motives difficult to judge. In my work as a forensic psychiatrist, I’m often called upon to pierce that darkness and assess an individual’s competency to stand trial or his mental state at the time of an offence. Lately, I’ve extended my practice to include offender profiling because, contrary to popular lore, few profilers have any background in psychiatry, let alone psychological sciences. Admittedly, it’s sometimes more an art than a science, but mostly, it’s a horrifying glimpse into the depravity of the human soul. Outside the shelter of human society, nature is unprincipled, and the fugitives who travel the periphery are the ones most to be feared. “There was another murder and mutilation last night.” Tom Hendry