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 Libros
La escritura de Jacob M. Appel se caracteriza por su exploración de la psique humana, adentrándose en temas profundos con una voz narrativa distintiva. Sus contribuciones literarias han obtenido un reconocimiento significativo, lo que subraya su habilidad para crear narrativas convincentes que resuenan profundamente con los lectores. La diversa formación académica de Appel, que abarca campos como la medicina y el derecho, probablemente informa las perspectivas únicas y las intrincadas exploraciones que se encuentran dentro de sus obras literarias.
The Mask of Sanity
- 256 páginas
- 9 horas de lectura
"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.