Psychology
The scientific study of the psyche, undertaken by people who generally do not believe that the psyche exists.
Libertarians, My Libertarians!
Cruel to be kind means that I love you . Because, while I think you are mistaken, your hearts are in the right place -- yes, even you, Silas -- unlike some people . This Breitbart fellow (discussed in the link above), by all appearances, deliberately doctored a video of Shirley Sherrod to make her remarks appear virulently racist, when they had, in fact, the opposite import. I heard that at a recent Austrian conference, some folks were talking about "Callahan's conservative turn." While that description is not entirely inaccurate, I must say that a lot of these people who today call themselves conservative give me the heebie-jeebies.
Do you have in mind white-labcoat psychologists or clinical psychologists or both?
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DeleteDo clinical psychologists not believe in the soul? I suppose they have a scientistic bias carried over from the late 19th century (with additional zeal due to a feeling of insecurity). But they do believe in the psychodynamic unconscious, which strikes me as close enough for government work.
Delete"Psyche" is the Greek word for soul, by the way.
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