To Kill A Poacher

About the Book

"To Kill A Poacher" describes empathic development as it normally initially emerges when the 10 Commandments are addressed and progresses throughout the lifespan toward principled reasoning. Wallace also further suggests there are two additional steps (one additional level) to Kohlberg’s theory of moral development. This study involved a factor analysis of the 10 Commandments. The true story of Jake Morgan illustrates the principles to be learned throughout the book.

Jake Morgan was a friendly and polite man of adequate intelligence when he was sober. Materially, he provided adequately for his family. But he had a dark side so prevalent that local law enforcement gave their best effort to capturing him. In his small, rural community, the crime Jake committed was more serious than murder.

To illustrate the dynamic qualities of this study, Wallace skillfully feathers his research with the true story of Jake Morgan, an infamous poacher who lived and died violently in mountainous rural America. Jake had numerous enemies who wanted to see him dead, especially law enforcement. Wallace explores who might have been responsible for setting the stage in Jake's and his daughter's murder and what inhibited their safety. Birds have sanctuaries. Where was Jake's sanctuary?

About the Author

Thomas C. Wallace, PhD, has devoted the last twenty-five years of his career as a psychologist to researching concepts of empathy and spirituality as applied to maintaining mental health. Now semi-retired, he lives with his wife in a farming community in Washington, where he writes for the public?s benefit.