Pathology of A Liberal

DR. Barbara Oakley has a new book with a summary I offer to the folks here:

"Are some people predisposed to kindness to the point of being destructive to themselves and others? How much of our help is fulfilling our own needs—including those of our hidden passions? This is the true story of Carole Alden, a brilliant, yet eccentric mother of five, who evinced a deep and abiding need to help society’s outcasts. At her rural homestead an adopted pony mingled with llamas, goats, emus, and dozens of other creatures, familiar and exotic. But Carole’s expressed desire to help others extended beyond the animals she took in. It extended beyond her meager resources, even beyond the children she insisted she loved, yet sometimes left neglected in a surreal world of danger. Finally, in the remote reaches of Utah’s Great Basin, Carole Alden shot and killed her husband. Dragging his heavy body from the house, she headed for a makeshift grave. Was the murder self-defense? Premeditated? Or was something else altogether at hand? In this searing exploration of deadly codependency, the author takes the reader on a spellbinding voyage of discovery that examines the questions: Are some people naturally too caring? Is caring sometimes a mask for darker motives? Can science help us understand how our concerns for others can hurt everything we hold dear? This gripping story brings extraordinary insight to our deepest questions. Is kindness always the right answer? Is kindness always what it seems? "

FOOD FOR REVIEW WHEN AN OBVIOUS RADICAL LIBERAL OFFERS A POSITION ON MOST TOPICS.....

Rather sad that some view kindness as a character flaw. The story indicates that this poor woman was obviously a conservative trying to be a liberal, but the conservative within her finally took over and she destroyed everything around her.... There's a morality tale in that.

deltamrey wrote: DR. Barbara Oakley has a new book with a summary I offer to the folks here:

"Are some people predisposed to kindness to the point of being destructive to themselves and others? How much of our help is fulfilling our own needs—including those of our hidden passions? This is the true story of Carole Alden, a brilliant, yet eccentric mother of five, who evinced a deep and abiding need to help society’s outcasts. At her rural homestead an adopted pony mingled with llamas, goats, emus, and dozens of other creatures, familiar and exotic. But Carole’s expressed desire to help others extended beyond the animals she took in. It extended beyond her meager resources, even beyond the children she insisted she loved, yet sometimes left neglected in a surreal world of danger. Finally, in the remote reaches of Utah’s Great Basin, Carole Alden shot and killed her husband. Dragging his heavy body from the house, she headed for a makeshift grave. Was the murder self-defense? Premeditated? Or was something else altogether at hand? In this searing exploration of deadly codependency, the author takes the reader on a spellbinding voyage of discovery that examines the questions: Are some people naturally too caring? Is caring sometimes a mask for darker motives? Can science help us understand how our concerns for others can hurt everything we hold dear? This gripping story brings extraordinary insight to our deepest questions. Is kindness always the right answer? Is kindness always what it seems? "

FOOD FOR REVIEW WHEN AN OBVIOUS RADICAL LIBERAL OFFERS A POSITION ON MOST TOPICS.....

The author discusses how so called good intentions mask psychological deficits and the possible biological reasons.

The author of this book was well aware that this person probably suffered from some psychological disorder, not a political ideology run rampant.

Here's the full title of the book, which you failed to post, probably because the title itself describes the true nature of her book.

Cold-Blooded Kindness: Neuroquirks of a Codependent Killer, or Just Give Me a Shot at Loving You, Dear, and Other Reflections on Helping That Hurts

Creative editing on your part (which I find you doing quite often). This book has nothing to do with liberal politics. Try again.

It also depends upon your definition of "new." The book was published in 2011.

http://www.amazon.com/Cold-Blooded-Kindness-Neuroquirks-Codependent-Reflections/dp/161614419X/