- she does not feel the emotions of others intuitively, so emotional cues probably do not register automatically and has to be reasoned and thought out - defaults to her own perspective, which means she makes a lot of assumptions when piecing together emotional cues or situations - her values are correct! - everyone else's thoughts are secondary, usually - sense of obligation is principled, not relational (ethics is driven by ideals and internal logic rather than empathy) - principled without warmth - justice-oriented without mercy - sincere without sensitivity
what she's not: - a sadist - a nihilist - randomly violent - greedy or opportunistic
she can be considered a high functioning (ideological) psychopath but isn't a textbook case because she has: - low affective empathy - shallow emotional response - lack of remorse or guilt - instrumental treatment of others - moral reasoning detached from emotional cost while lacking: - manipulation for pleasure or gain - grandiosity / dominance-seeking
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- defaults to her own perspective, which means she makes a lot of assumptions when piecing together emotional cues or situations
- her values are correct!
- everyone else's thoughts are secondary, usually
- sense of obligation is principled, not relational (ethics is driven by ideals and internal logic rather than empathy)
- principled without warmth
- justice-oriented without mercy
- sincere without sensitivity
what she's not:
- a sadist
- a nihilist
- randomly violent
- greedy or opportunistic
she can be considered a high functioning (ideological) psychopath but isn't a textbook case because she has:
- low affective empathy
- shallow emotional response
- lack of remorse or guilt
- instrumental treatment of others
- moral reasoning detached from emotional cost
while lacking:
- manipulation for pleasure or gain
- grandiosity / dominance-seeking