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Classical Criminology and Human Nature

decision-making process. individual responsibility
F By whatever means, to for malevolent actions. The real world is a de-
O augment and further clari- Oriented toward the goals cidedly dangerous place.
R fy the choices to be made, of self-gratification and Treachery and oppression

G subsequent actions weigh personal enrichment, at are disguised and camou-
E in the balance between the expense of others, il- flaged by deceptions. In

R gain and risk, productivity licit and anti-communal order to satiate a gullible
Y and loss, and ultimately actions are to be dealt with public, pacify large seg-

essential satiation. Con- in equal retribution re- ments of the population,
D venient and comfortable gardless of socio-econom- and foster a climate of
E utility to reinforce the ic status. irresponsible dependence,

C thinking processes, as well pseudoscience can be sold
E as express that, which Whether by smug piety in as “science”. Further-
P is necessary to personal amative arrogance of cor- more, to ensure consumer

T enrichment, encompasses rupt politicians, or corpo- marketing, sales and con-
I individual selfishness. rate moguls who exploit sumption, why not invent

O others and the environ- all kinds of diagnoses, and
N The rationality, as seen by ment, their anti-social makeup something called

others less predisposed to maladaptation are inten- “mental illness”. As to the
L observe their own short- tionally calculated. Cruel metaphorical reference
I comings, may dismiss the behavior is nothing new regarding thinking, the

E reasoning behind coun- for the human species, and “mind” reflects a complex
S terproductive actions. not much has changed in a internal infrastructure not

Other schools of thought couple hundred thousand easily quantified.

have tried to dismiss any years. Sure, many would
particular notion of one’s like to believe there is Counterproductive ac-

actions as freely chosen. such a thing as “civiliza- tions that harm people and
Instead, by clever diver- tion”. In addition, there environments are perpe-
sion, excuses are many. is the mournful refrain, trated from a premeditated

Regardless of determin- almost whining tone fre- and intention design. It
istic insistence, classical quently in the news media, does not matter if the ma-

admonitions assert the about something called a levolent individual is a
primacy of free choice. “civilized society”. Yet, corporatist, politician or
Inventions of a wide spec- that is a biased misrepre- street thug, the malice in

trum of “mental illness” sentation of one or more thinking follows similar
does not lesson or mitigate individual perceptions. processes from thought

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