Driven to Lead: Good, Bad, and Misguided Leadership by Paul Lawrence

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Just got this one. Here's Robert Hare's endorsement:

Paul Lawrence proposes that nature has provided us with individuals of conscience who are capable of good leadership, but also with a small number of individuals whose lack of conscience typically makes them bad leaders. He refers to such individuals as free riders, psychopaths, or 'people without conscience,' and discusses in detail the devastating impact they have when placed in a leadership role, particularly in business, politics, the military, and religion. His thesis is brilliant and compelling, and in line with current research on the neuroscience of psychopathy. Driven to Lead is essential reading for anyone who hopes to gain some understanding of the scandals and disasters that result from bad leadership."

Here's Lawrence's website: _http://driventolead.com/

Haven't had a chance to read it yet, but from skimming through the book I see that Lawrence does not believe there are psychopathic genes, rather, that psychopaths LACK the genes for bonding. That's in line with what Lobaczewski says about "gaps in the instinctive substratum". There is also discussion of early hominids, e.g. H. Habilis and Erectus. I'll post more when I read it (got a few others to get through first).