Are psychopaths necessarily bad people?

They aren't necessarily bad people. Sometimes they tend to do things without thinking or it is they're mental state that makes them do bad things. They might even have good intentions but their disorder turns them this way. So categorizing them as bad people would be wrong because not everyone is that way. It's just like how good people and bad people exist regardless of whether they have a mental illness or not. I feel it all roots back to how a person feels about themselves. People who feel good about themselves would never try to hurt or belittle others because they are comfortable in their own skin and never feel like putting others down.

Psychopaths are people like anyone else. Their inclinations are sometimes very inappropriate. However, they should be treated with love and respect so long as you maintain boundaries and do not allow yourself to become vulnerable to them. Probably, there should be a professional with you to maintain peace. I believe that we are intended to interact with all people and that we can offer love and assistance. In the case of this type of disorder, a professional’s presence is also a good idea. That way, everyone is comfortable. The person is probably trying to understand what it means to have friendly conversation and to create friendship and feelings of self worth.

Psychopaths have the capacity for kindness, but are not motivated by it. Their choices and the resulting consequences are based on meeting their needs, minus any consideration of the needs of others. Their actions, if kind and considerate are to further their personal needs and unlikely-the needs of others. They might be considerate neighbors, sit on governmental agencies and have what might be considered normal jobs. However, their need might ultimately be that of maintaining adequate "cover" as someone whose actions are held above suspicion. Everyone is capable of kindness, so ultimately, if one lightens the burdens of another, even a psychopath isn't all bad.

No, they are just having a mental health issue, I believe that, in real life, people why have diagnosed with such problems aren't quite like Hannibal Lecter and Patrick Bateman. If they are aware of their issue and have learned to manage it and get proper help for dealing with it, they can be completely normal and nice people when it comes to everyday life communication. Cases we have seen in movies and crime news are mostly people who have let their problem go to far, mostly psychological trauma they have never worked with to heal. If they get proper help at an early stage of their issue, things should be better than you might imagine.

The practical answer: Absolutely not! Those with antisocial personality disorder are incapable of feeling sympathy or empathy for others. However, they can, with a very nurturing upbringing, learn these skills even if they do not feel them. Now, to be more academic, in order for someone to be diagnosed with an antisocial personality disorder, he or she must exhibit symptoms including performing multiple acts that were the grounds for arrest, deceitfulness, impulsivity, physical aggression, disregard for the safety of self or others, consistent irresponsibility, and a lack of remorse for such actions. This is criterium A from the DSM 5. With this being said, this question does not really have an academic answer. It is all emotional arguments. For example, does doing at least three of those things consistently make someone a bad person? What constitutes a bad person? Also, those with this disorder act in this way due to neurological abnormalities. Would this justify their actions, from a moral standpoint? What I am getting at is that the answer is really dependant on your interpretation of this information.

It depends on what you mean by psychopaths. If you mean primary psychopath then no they are not necessarily bad people. However, they do not understand the world the same way you experience it and it can be dangerous for your mental health and unhealthy to have relationships with them. A psychopath who isn't trying to hurt you will tell you as much, that they use people often, and do not and cannot feel what you feel. Expecting them to love, or return emotion is going to bring you pain and suffering. They do not understand these things and it takes something out of them to mimic them. They do this to fit in, but like to have downtime where they will not have to behave in this manner. Normally they do this alone. If you engage with one willing to take their mask off in front of you, you most likely will feel discomfort. Short answer No. Longer Answer, It's never a good idea to be hanging out with a psychopath unless you know what you are getting into and both of you are very clear with each other and boundries.

No. I do not think that they are bad people. It is a type of mental illness that makes a person act a certain way. It is not that person's fault. A mental illness/disability is not anyone's fault. No body can help with feeling how they feel. They cannot control the thoughts that are running inside of their heads. I don't see anyone as a bad person, especially those with mental health. They are struggling to cope how they are feeling and don't realize what they are doing. It does not make them less of a person.

I don't think anyone is "bad" or "good." People can have a positive or negative impact on the world around them, but even that is something that can be improved. I have made plenty of mistakes and hurt people, and sometimes I still do. But as long as I try to learn from it and do better next time I think that is what counts. I am on this website right now because I want to improve myself, and that's what I'm doing. So if someone is trying to be better and have a positive impact I don't think anyone can fault them for that.

While Hollywood often portrays psychopaths as serial killers, not all psychopaths are that evil. Many of them exhibit psychopathic traits to a much lesser degree. In fact, you've likely encountered a few psychopaths in real life. Psychopaths are actually quite common in the corporate world. We have an unhealthy obsession with psychopaths. We tune into true crime shows, podcasts, and movies, and say that we want to understand them, to get into their heads and figure out their malicious ways. But sometimes it’s not really the psychopaths we want to understand. Instead, we want to establish a stark contrast between how they think and how we think. We want assurance that we are better than these modern monsters. Journalists and fiction writers and even psychologists and criminologists have gone to great lengths to both mystify and make monsters out of psychopaths. When famous experts label psychopaths in corporate settings as “snakes in suits,” and authors describe interviews with psychopaths as “a journey into the evil mind,” we can quickly venture into a cycle of dehumanizing. When the word evil enters a conversation, we must question not just the mind and motives of the individual being discussed, but that of the person using the term. Despite using the label psychopath regularly, most of us don’t really know what psychopathy is. Even clinical psychologists can harbor incorrect assumptions. Are psychopaths actually more prone to violence? Are they a homogeneous group? Where does the term even come from? Psychopathy is perhaps the single most misunderstood personality disorder.

Psychopaths are twenty to twenty-five times more likely than non-psychopaths to be in prison, four to eight times more likely to violently recidivate compared to non-psychopaths and are resistant to most forms of treatment. People who experience psychopathic traits, such as ruthlessness, charisma, impulsivity, and persuasiveness, tend to get through life just fine. Even full-blown psychopaths can be very successful — they just won't ever be the same as everyone else. While Hollywood often portrays psychopaths as serial killers, not all psychopaths are that evil. Many of them exhibit psychopathic traits to a much lesser degree. In fact, you've likely encountered a few psychopaths in real life. Psychopaths are actually quite common in the corporate world