People Of The Lie: The Hope For Healing Human Evil is one of Dr. M. Scott Peck's most intriguing books. In his work with patients as a psychiatrist and a Christian, Dr. Peck has come to see that there are people who are simply evil. He thinks that this evil needs to be studied by scientists as well as known by theologians. Until we can name and identify evil at work among us we have no way of disarming its power.

Early in his book Dr. Peck tells one of the stories from his counseling practice that helped lead him to see that evil is a genuine reality in the world. He calls it, "The Case Of Bobby And His Parents." Bobby was a 15-year-old boy who was sent by the court to see Dr. Peck because his grades in school were falling precipitously, he was depressed and he had an accident with a stol…