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A [[psychopath]] is someone with an anti-social [[personality disorder]] characterized by [[violent]], [[perverted]] or immoral behavior often leading to [[criminal]]ity. Psychopaths have little or no concern for other people. Some psychopaths equate [[love]] with sexual arousal.<ref>{{cite book |title=Without Conscience: The Disturbing World of the Psychopaths Among Us |author=Robert D. Hare |publisher=Guilford Press |place=New York and London |year=2011 |pages=52 |isbn=978-16062-35782 |url=https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1606235788}}</ref>
 
A [[psychopath]] is someone with an anti-social [[personality disorder]] characterized by [[violent]], [[perverted]] or immoral behavior often leading to [[criminal]]ity. Psychopaths have little or no concern for other people. Some psychopaths equate [[love]] with sexual arousal.<ref>{{cite book |title=Without Conscience: The Disturbing World of the Psychopaths Among Us |author=Robert D. Hare |publisher=Guilford Press |place=New York and London |year=2011 |pages=52 |isbn=978-16062-35782 |url=https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1606235788}}</ref>
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There are a few studies showing a positive correlation between psychopahy and irreligion (see: [[Atheism and psychopathy]]).  
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There are studies showing a positive correlation between psychopahy and irreligion (see: [[Atheism and psychopathy]]).  
      
There are medical scientists and [[social science|social scientists]] who theorize that psychopathy is a medical condition caused by genetic defects (caused by accumulated mutations within a given population).<ref>[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2933872/ The Psycho Gene] by Philip Hunter, EMBO Rep. 2010 Sep; 11(9): 667–669.</ref><ref>[http://aglenn.people.ua.edu/uploads/1/4/1/8/14182546/glenn_avb_2011.pdf Glenn, A.L., Kurzban, R., & Raine, A. (2011). Evolutionary Theory and Psychopathy. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 16, 371-380]</ref>
 
There are medical scientists and [[social science|social scientists]] who theorize that psychopathy is a medical condition caused by genetic defects (caused by accumulated mutations within a given population).<ref>[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2933872/ The Psycho Gene] by Philip Hunter, EMBO Rep. 2010 Sep; 11(9): 667–669.</ref><ref>[http://aglenn.people.ua.edu/uploads/1/4/1/8/14182546/glenn_avb_2011.pdf Glenn, A.L., Kurzban, R., & Raine, A. (2011). Evolutionary Theory and Psychopathy. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 16, 371-380]</ref>
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