Drawing upon the author's two decades teaching medical ethics, as well as his work as a practicing psychiatrist, this profound and addictive little book offers up challenging ethical dilemmas and asks readers, What would you do?
Jacob M. Appel Reihenfolge der Bücher (Chronologisch)
Jacob M. Appels Schaffen zeichnet sich durch die Erkundung der menschlichen Psyche aus, wobei er tiefgründige Themen mit einer unverwechselbaren erzählerischen Stimme behandelt. Seine literarischen Beiträge haben bedeutende Anerkennung erfahren und unterstreichen seine Fähigkeit, fesselnde Erzählungen zu schaffen, die bei den Lesern tief Anklang finden. Appels vielfältiger akademischer Hintergrund, der Bereiche wie Medizin und Recht umfasst, prägt wahrscheinlich die einzigartigen Perspektiven und vielschichtigen Erkundungen, die in seinen literarischen Werken zu finden sind.
The Mask of Sanity
- 256 Seiten
- 9 Lesestunden
"On the outside, Dr. Jeremy Balint is a pillar of the community: the youngest division chief at his hospital, a model son to his elderly parents, fiercely devoted to his wife and two young daughters. On the inside, Dr. Jeremy Balint is a high-functioning sociopath--a man who truly believes himself to stand above the ethical norms of society. As long as life treats him well, Balint has no cause to harm others. When life treats him poorly, he reveals the depths of his cold-blooded depravity. At a cultural moment when the media bombards us with images of so-called sociopaths who strive for good and criminals redeemed by repentance,The Mask of Sanity offers an antidote to implausible tales of evil gone right. In contrast to fictional predecessors like Dostoyevesky's Raskolnikov and Camus' Mersault, Dr. Balint is a man who already has it all--and will do everything in his power, no matter how immoral, to keep what he has."--Amazon.com.