Recklessness (psychology)

Recklessness (also called unchariness) is disregard for or indifference to the dangers of a situation or for the consequences of one's actions, as in deciding to act without stopping to think beforehand. Aristotle considered such rashness as one end (excessive) of a continuum, with courage as the mean, cowardice as the deficit vice.[1] Recklessness has been linked to antisocial personality disorder.[2]

  1. ^ Aristotle, Ethics (1976) p. 103; 'In feelings of fear and confidence, courage is the mean ... who exceeds in confidence is reckless ... who exceeds in fear and is deficient in confidence is cowardly.' Nicomachean Ethics, book ii, 1107a/b, trans. Martin Ostwald (1962/1999).
  2. ^ D, Coon/J. O. Mitterer, Introduction to Psychology (2008) p. 488