People of the Lie: The Hope for Healing Human Evil, (Paperback)

from bespen

A fascinating and riveting work on human evil. I was most interested in the case studies that formed the bulk of the first half of the book, and far less interested in the theoretical application o...

from LittleDipStick

Scott Peck tells it like it is. “You can't deal with things until you can name them.” People of the Lie accurately describes people who live in malevolent behavior…they're wicked.

from dangraves

Peck reminds us of a fact naturalism does not satisfactorily explain: why is there evil? I do not mean suffering, but absolute, deliberately chosen evil, a willingness to hurt others that cannot be...

from LisaMaria_C

I've been fascinated by the question of evil ever since learning about the Nazis and the Holocaust as a child. I've never lost the part of me that wonders, "Why?" and that was only reinforced post-...

from RNinNC

Very interesting book! Had been recommended to me by a friend.