[sparklite2]

I guess the thinking goes that if you understand the psychological underpinnings or reasons of why someone does what they do, you’re likely to become less judgemental.

At any rate, that was the government’s rationale for suppressing a psycho-history of Hitler.

[Notthereyet]

While I can understand and empathize with their viewpoint, I tend to think it was counterintuitive. Is that the correct word?