Female Psychopaths – Wish to Destroy Goodness

The “evil” of a psychopath is “his wish to destroy goodness.” To quote from psychologist J. Reid Meloy: “Some of the psychodynamics of the psychopath bring us closer to his evil, or his wish to destroy goodness.”

Meloy, J. Reid. “The Psychology of Wickedness.” in Meloy, J. Reid. The Mark of Cain. 172.