>We can extend this ethical hygiene to the culture at large—by withholding our attention, time, support, and resources from the Dark Triads in public life who c

>We can extend this ethical hygiene to the culture at large—by withholding our attention, time, support, and resources from the Dark Triads in public life who coarsen our society and threaten the commonweal. "Ethical hygiene"? That sounds like an incredibly dangerous phrase or concept, with an attempt to lighten it by tying it to physical hygiene, which can be shown effective scientifically. That aside (and it's hard to put it aside), while identifying this is important, you need to figure out if these traits are treatable. If it is treatable, it isn't fair to leave them untreated and ostracize them. If you aren't willing to highly encourage or force treatment, then you can't hope to address this issue as a society. This article also paints this as these traits being intentional. What if someone can't help being like this? If someone is conditioned to be like this (and it's not a problem with the brain), then that's great since it's probably treatable. If it is a problem with the brain, you really need to stop painting them as the bad guys, as these people are sick and not just assholes.