Maybe, but I don't believe that Gates, Soros, and a lot of other rich people have it.
I prosecuted in juvenile court and later was court appointed in juvie cases. 2 categories: 1. delinquent. 2. dependent. I was a master in some cases and later helped write the child standards for Social Security, and was a judge there for 10 years. A lot…
Maybe, but I don't believe that Gates, Soros, and a lot of other rich people have it.
I prosecuted in juvenile court and later was court appointed in juvie cases. 2 categories: 1. delinquent. 2. dependent. I was a master in some cases and later helped write the child standards for Social Security, and was a judge there for 10 years. A lot of it is due to mental impairments. Once upon a time I also represented school districts, and was "parlimentarian" in discipline cases.
I was also court appointed in abuse and even murder cases. Mostly the same population.
My wife was a vounteer for abused kids via our Guardian Ad Lirtem program in the '80s. The kids came from all backgrounds.
Believe me, poor people can be mean. Crosses all incomes.
I'm a big believer of the MMPI. Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASPD) can be diagnosed, combined with clinical evaluations. We didn't have testing untill the Handicapped Act of 1973, now IDEA, where a lot of kids, and thus their parents are evaluated.
I'm sure there's data to confirm Thom's discussion on empathy.
Here are the state of the art tests.
Instruments Specifically Designed to Measure Empathy:
Empathy Quotient (EQ):
This is a 60-item questionnaire (or a shorter 40-item version) designed to measure empathy in adults.
Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI):
This is a popular measure of trait empathy, consisting of 28 items divided into four subscales.
Jefferson Scale of Empathy (JSE):
Developed specifically to measure empathy in the context of health professions education and patient care.
Basic Empathy Scale (BES):
Consists of 20 items, divided into cognitive and affective empathy factors.
Empathy Measure (EM):
A combination of questions from the California Psychological Inventory (CPI) and the MMPI.
Hogan's Cognitive Empathy Scale:
Consists of 64 questions selected from psychological personality tests like the MMPI and CPI.
In criminal defence, these may tie in with tests to determine whether a defendant can form a mens rea (intent) to commit a specific crime.
Of course my post was a gross overstatement. But the bell shaped curve of empathy by wealthy people is severely skewed towards lack of empathy. Likewise there are assholes among the less fortunate but I suspect that they are more empathetic.
If I were doing a study I would have the impact of each individual weighted by their wealth. Musk would be over the top. But this is obvious.
Which brings up the point- no matter if they use their money for good or bad, why should they be the ones to decide social issues? What's going on in Wisconsin right now is cause for concern. Wait, that sounds like a Chuck Schumer comment. We should be fucking pissed and that asshole should be arrested! That's better.
Mr. Solomon, great comment. On behalf of all readers of this blog I thank you. Very informative. I was involved in research with the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory [MMPI] years ago. Obviously, as a magistrate, it was necessary for you to delve deeply into social psychological measuring instruments.
Perhaps you should explain the difference between actus reus and mens rea, as well as their importance in litigation.
Would you consider Ayn Rand's characters legally insane?
Maybe, but I don't believe that Gates, Soros, and a lot of other rich people have it.
I prosecuted in juvenile court and later was court appointed in juvie cases. 2 categories: 1. delinquent. 2. dependent. I was a master in some cases and later helped write the child standards for Social Security, and was a judge there for 10 years. A lot of it is due to mental impairments. Once upon a time I also represented school districts, and was "parlimentarian" in discipline cases.
In sociology Jukes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jukes_family. and Kallicaks https://embryo.asu.edu/pages/kallikak-family-study-heredity-feeble-mindedness-1912-henry-herbert-goddard. I got to meet some of these folks "up close and personal." .
I was also court appointed in abuse and even murder cases. Mostly the same population.
My wife was a vounteer for abused kids via our Guardian Ad Lirtem program in the '80s. The kids came from all backgrounds.
Believe me, poor people can be mean. Crosses all incomes.
I'm a big believer of the MMPI. Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASPD) can be diagnosed, combined with clinical evaluations. We didn't have testing untill the Handicapped Act of 1973, now IDEA, where a lot of kids, and thus their parents are evaluated.
I'm sure there's data to confirm Thom's discussion on empathy.
Here are the state of the art tests.
Instruments Specifically Designed to Measure Empathy:
Empathy Quotient (EQ):
This is a 60-item questionnaire (or a shorter 40-item version) designed to measure empathy in adults.
Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI):
This is a popular measure of trait empathy, consisting of 28 items divided into four subscales.
Jefferson Scale of Empathy (JSE):
Developed specifically to measure empathy in the context of health professions education and patient care.
Basic Empathy Scale (BES):
Consists of 20 items, divided into cognitive and affective empathy factors.
Empathy Measure (EM):
A combination of questions from the California Psychological Inventory (CPI) and the MMPI.
Hogan's Cognitive Empathy Scale:
Consists of 64 questions selected from psychological personality tests like the MMPI and CPI.
In criminal defence, these may tie in with tests to determine whether a defendant can form a mens rea (intent) to commit a specific crime.
Of course my post was a gross overstatement. But the bell shaped curve of empathy by wealthy people is severely skewed towards lack of empathy. Likewise there are assholes among the less fortunate but I suspect that they are more empathetic.
If I were doing a study I would have the impact of each individual weighted by their wealth. Musk would be over the top. But this is obvious.
The current crop is much different than those of my childhood. Mostly believed in the "social gospel." In some cases left all their money to charity.
Which brings up the point- no matter if they use their money for good or bad, why should they be the ones to decide social issues? What's going on in Wisconsin right now is cause for concern. Wait, that sounds like a Chuck Schumer comment. We should be fucking pissed and that asshole should be arrested! That's better.
Mr. Solomon, great comment. On behalf of all readers of this blog I thank you. Very informative. I was involved in research with the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory [MMPI] years ago. Obviously, as a magistrate, it was necessary for you to delve deeply into social psychological measuring instruments.
Perhaps you should explain the difference between actus reus and mens rea, as well as their importance in litigation.
Would you consider Ayn Rand's characters legally insane?