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Originally Posted by Streck-Fu
Which is why it seems "Sociopath with morals" is a conceptual oxymoron. I'm no shrink but the definition of Sociopath includes a lack of moral responsibility. Therefore, qualifying Sociopath to add morals negates the very trait that defines the condition.
Is there not a better term for people that can rationalize killing when necessary according to a set of ethical standards that benefit a society?
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As it applies to the discussion here yes, it'd be called a soldier, serving in the military.
I remember my own time in the military and I used to hear some of the conversations about combat & killing. People talking along the same lines and the same issues of it.
It never bothered me, it is the job of the military to do such things & back in my day I knew who the bad guys were, what they stood for relative to what I stood for, and it was simple. Them or us.
Perhaps in laymens terms it would be 'cold-blooded' as opposed to being 'mean'. Sociopaths are mean in that they genuinely do derive pleasure from thier wrongful behavior and have no moral restriction on thier behavior. Cold-blooded people don't, they do what they know has to be done with no emotional attachment, with the moral restriction being only when they know it's the right thing to do.