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I Luvz Me Cuz Im Better Dan U

The New Scientist has an interesting article about narcissists:Narcissistic people do not make pleasant colleagues, but they perform better than average at tasks that would daunt others, according to new US research. Psychologists consider narcissism to pathological.  It's a mental disorder.  Does that make sense in light of these findings?  Could it be then, that far from being a "personality disorder," that narcissists simply have a better self-understanding? What is pathological about considering yourself better than others when, in fact, you are better than others? We might say excessive self-love is indecent.  But that's a moral judgment, isn't it? How many "personality disorders" are influenced by moral judgments?  Homosexuality used to be listed as a psychological disorder...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on June 18, 2008 (boomark / email).