> They act this way for understandable, and often rational reasons.
this sounds like something you like to believe, rather than anything that comes out of studying actual criminals.
Psychologists who study real criminals in prisons report a very high level of psychopathy. AFAIK there is no treatment for that.
> "Criminals" are not some kind of universal entity that exists by default.
actually, all the evidence through history says that they are a "universal entity," given that every civilized society has them. Maybe you're imagining some sort of ideal society that doesn't have them, but in our real world, we do.
And the word "criminals" does not need quotation marks.
this sounds like something you like to believe, rather than anything that comes out of studying actual criminals.
Psychologists who study real criminals in prisons report a very high level of psychopathy. AFAIK there is no treatment for that.
> "Criminals" are not some kind of universal entity that exists by default.
actually, all the evidence through history says that they are a "universal entity," given that every civilized society has them. Maybe you're imagining some sort of ideal society that doesn't have them, but in our real world, we do.
And the word "criminals" does not need quotation marks.