Are psychopaths necessarily bad people?

a mental illness or differentiated way of thinking doesn't make someone "bad"- it's their actions and choices that matter.

NO! Psychopaths is a person suffering from chronic mental disorder with abnormal or violent social behavior.

What an interesting question! I have never given it much thought, but, can you tell me what you think?

"Psychopaths" are just people with mental disorders. They, deep down, are not bad people but it's their illness that makes them seem "bad." "Psychopaths" commonly feel threatened or scared and should be treated with kindness.

No one has innate characteristics of a "bad person." Psychopath or not, no one asked to have an inbalanced chemical make-up in their brain that makes it difficult to decide what is morally right or wrong.

Psychopaths are not necesrrly bad people. They may have some thoughts and actions that may not be accepted actions, but I strongly believe that deep down, no matter your actions there is a good person within.

Not a single person on Earth is all bad or all good so, I'd say no. :) Even if they do things out of the norm or may seem "bad" they'd still have some good quality to them. The world isn't as horrible as you think.

Evil is a huge concept. Its about actions. Psychopaths have to act in a regretful way to be labeled as bad people, as any other individual might be judged as well. We are not sure exactly why someone become a psychopath, but if you suspect about behaviors about yourself or other, it is better to find help.

No. Are people who don’t care for themselves necessarily good people? I know people who don’t care for themselves and hurt other people.

In my opinion, not necessarily, although it is considered to be a personality disorder. Psychopath is someone with difficulties to connect to people because the lack of emotions; who fails to follow rules, law and moral codes. They also lack of empathy and remorse. And because of all that, if they have the tendency to be violent, they will do it without remorse, and continue doing it to satisfy their desire to be violent, because no moral codes, law, empathy or feeling can stop them from doing so. But in my opinion, every psychopath need help to be able to live in harmony with the society, that expects a certain behavior from everybody. If living in society is difficult for non-psychopaths, it must be even worse for them.