Are psychopaths necessarily bad people?

Not necessarily. I feel that psychopaths do bad things, but it isn't always conciously in their utmost control. A psychopath is one that has been diagnosed with a mental disorder, and does some out-of-order things because of it. I understand that you can't excuse horrible behaviour, but I can also feel a considerable amount of sympathy, as they don't exactly know what they're doing, or how their rhetoric impacts anyone. However, I think it's important to provide mental health facilities readily to all that suffer, so that accidents (and the out-of order experiences) can be prevented in the future.

No! The true definition of a psychopath in psychiatry is antisocial personality disorder (ASPD). I've learned that psychopath have the struggle to feel empathy to others, but it doesn't mean that they are bad people. That's only on movies and tv shows. Actually life must be much harder when they have to blend in with society, what comes naturally for us, for psychopath they need more efforts. I think we have to keep an open mind, stop discriminating them when we don't know the complete story of what they're going through and help them go through life with us. Everyone deserves compassion, as long as they don't hurt others :)

No, I dont believe psychopaths are necessarily bad people. Most of them if not all have a history of trauma which might have led to a drastic impact on their brains, emotional understanding and basic thought process. It is important that we recommend them to professional help and be as empathetic as possible on our side. Every stone can be turned and they d have a very promising chnace to beocme better people and mentally more healthy. It is also necessary that they be treated so that they donot harm anyone in their personal life and we must also learn why they became that way so that we donot do it unconsciously with other people.

not necessarily, they didn't choose to be born psychopaths, and I believe that with enough effort and intent, everyone can do good deeds :) it's bad to generalise a whole group of people - and who's to say what makes a person bad or good anyway? there's always time for someone to change their actions and their way of living. we shouldn't define people by their past. people can change and as long as they continually make an effort to do so, I find no harm in it. there are no bad people, only people that are unwilling to change.

psychopathy is defined as a mental (antisocial) disorder in which an individual demonstrates amoral and antisocial behavior, shows a lack of ability to love or establish meaningful personal relationships, expresses extreme egocentricity and demonstrates a failure to learn from experience and other behaviors. All of the these characteristics cannot make someone a 'good' person by definition. a psychopath simply lacks empathy for others they don't have the capacity to think on behalf of other people. something like that is incredibly dangerous because they are able to act in a way that may harm individuals and not care or learn from their mistakes because they simply see no reason to do so. it might even be entertaining for them. if a psychopath is showing tendency to be decent or comes across as a decent human being, it's probably because you're being manipulated for their purpose. psychopathy is a serious thing, a very serious mental disorder, it's not a quirk or a 'cool' personality to have. they're dangerous. if they're not, they're not psychopaths.

It is because of the unfortunate upbringing and the circumstances, especially in childhood that leads to this kind of behaviour. Just like physical health, mental health takes adverse effect when it is filled with negativity and improper ways of life. Their social behaviourism takes a heavy toll and they are completely unaware of any normal ways to behave, they are blinded and lack human connection due to this. They lose their capability to understand different emotions and hence involve in confused human interaction and tend to show no signs of connection with what they say and practically do, hence not necessarily bad.

Psychopaths are not necessarily bad people. The main difference between a psychopath and any other type of person out there is that psychopaths have reduced connections in their amygdala and their ventromedial prefrontal cortex. This issue results in their inability to properly comprehend human emotions and have empathy for others. Psychopathy is a mental disorder, not a life style or choice. Psychopaths aren't bad people, but because they can't understand human emotions and other things such as remorse and guilt, they sometimes have a tough time differentiating what is good from what is bad. A person like any other would avoid committing a crime of any sort because they'd fear the punishment, and depending on what crime we're talking about, they might even want to avoid guilt. A psychopath doesn't get this, not because they don't want to, they were just born incapable of comprehending it, therefore simply explaining to them something is wrong wouldn't be enough. In conclusion a psychopath is not a bad person and psychopathy doesn't make a person evil, the inability to relate and understand empathy, guilt and sorrow has a tendency to make psychopaths unable to understand their wrong doings, but think about it this way: Think about a child that might've done something wrong, but can't understand the repercussions of it, can you really scold and blame them?

It depends if they are aware of how they are possibly hurting others, I think. Anyone can be either a "good" or "bad" person, a diagnosis does not get to make that choice for us. Some of the behaviors that psychopaths may exhibit may seem inherently used to hurt others but that is just not the case. They are not choosing to have that diagnosis. But, this does not mean they are allowed to treat people poorly. Just like any other human being, we all deserve boundaries and should respect others' boundaries. If someone is not acting in this manner, psychopath or not, they should work on themselves or seek help in doing so.

No, they are just different and some may even seem normal and are normal. If you are a psychopath, you might not be able to really feel empathy although you can mask it through showing sympathy, but this doesn't mean that you are a criminal or similar. Being a psychopath doesn't automatically mean that you are a bad person as long as you try not to do that. I believe that psychopaths can learn how to live together with "normal" people and actually fit in without the others notice and without hurting anyone around them through some training and understanding what is happening inside of them.

No. However they don't really have the potential of being "normal" or functional people. To maintain relationships, whether professional, romantic, or platonic you need empathy. Psychopaths are unable to feel empathy and some are unable to even label or recognize people's emotions. This effects the way they are able to interact with people, some of the time leaving the interaction unpleasant. As you said "bad people" I don't think anyone is a bad person, but everyone makes bad choices and hurts someone at least once in their life. Many people do this and it is nothing to be ashamed of, however you should learn from these mistakes.