Representative Research
What is Narcissism?
Thomas S. Kubarych
Here you will find an overview of narcissism, its relationship to evil, the distinction of evil from the absence of morality, and proposals for serious scientific study of evil.
Self-Deception and Peck’s Analysis of Evil
Thomas S. Kubarych
Here we look at one philosophical model of self-deception which seems to be relevant to evil, with illustrations from Nazi Germany and the Soviet Gulag.
Philosophy, Psychiatry, & Psychology, Volume 12, Number 3, September 2005, pp. 247-255 (Article)
Published by The Johns Hopkins University Press
DOI: 10.1353/ppp.2006.0009
Self-Deception: Science
Thomas S. Kubarych
Self-Deception has been, and is, being studied scientifically. Here we look at two evolutionary theories of self-deception, due to Trivers and Ramachandran.
Self-Deception: Religion
Thomas S. Kubarych
Fans of C.S. Lewis may be interested in this application of Lewis’ ‘Socratic Myth’ in The Problem of Pain. Also, as Lewis said “What you see depends a great deal on where you are standing; it also depends on the kind of person you are.”
Conscience
Thomas S. Kubarych
The philosopher whose ethics course I took claimed that Nazism and Communism were the first two political ideologies to claim that anything was justified if it helped to bring about the futures they aimed at. We will look at how evil powers have tried to manipulate consciences for evil ends.
Will to Joy
Thomas S. Kubarych
What do we really want? Pleasure? Power? Meaning? How about happiness, and its ultimate form, joy?
On Studying Evil
Thomas S. Kubarych
Philosophy, Psychiatry, & Psychology, Volume 12, Number 3, September2005, pp. 265-269 (Article)
Published by The Johns Hopkins University Press
DOI: 10.1353/ppp.2006.0010
The Narcissistic Personality Inventory: factor structure in a non-clinical sample
Thomas S. Kubarych
Personality and Individual Differences 36 (2004) 857-872
Measurement non‐invariance of DSM‐IV narcissistic personality disorder criteria across age and sex in a population‐based sample of Norwegian twins
Thomas S. Kubarych
Research Gate
ARTICLE· SEPTEMBER 2010
DOI: 10.1002/mpr.318 · Source: PubMed
A multivariate twin study of hippocampal volume, self-esteem, and well-being in middle-aged men
Thomas S. Kubarych
Genes, Brain and Behavior (2012)11:539–544
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183X.2012.00789.x