Bob Schroeck Wrote:Addicted To Being Good? The Psychopathology Of HeroismWhich makes complete sense if you look at Batman in contrast to his Rogues Gallery.
The really interesting thing at the core here is the idea that the "markers" of sociopathy and heroism are almost identical, except for the empathy scale -- the sociopath has no empathy, the hero (or "X-altruist", as the writer calls it) has a surfeit.
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