Are psychopaths necessarily bad people?

I wouldn't say that! They probably have a chemical imbalance in their brain. making it hard to control their urges or thoughts. Anyone can be helped if they want to be, and I think that's what most people forget. We tend to put a stigma around psychopaths, even though most of them literally cannot help themselves at the time.

This question implies that people who are not psychopaths are 'good.' People are not as clear as 'good' and 'bad.' We are all good people and we are all bad people, and that's okay as long as we are always trying to grow and be better. Having said that, while psychopaths are not necessarily bad people, their actions or reactions may have a 'bad' or uncomfortable effect on the world around them while untreated, depending on what kind of psychosis is being discussed. Always communicate your state of well-being to those around you and seek options.

Yes, they are by definition. They do not have a conscience. They do not experience real emotions. They are like a stranger in a strange land.

Psychopaths are people challenged by mental health. They need help as they can't control their thoughts and these can be harmful to you and them. Please be aware.

No, but they definitely need help! No one is inherently bad but people can make bad decisions and choices

Psychopaths do not have a regard for other people, this is synonymous with antisocial personality disorder. They aren't necessarily bad people, but due to their psychopathological illness, they do not have the moral conscience of you to interact with individuals and what is hurtful to others. These traits of theirs lead them to be perceived as bad.

Not at all. Being a "psychopath" just means having a psychopathic disorder and I don't really like the word because it makes it seem like those people were different but they are just some normal human beings like you and me. Don't we all have our issues? And surely they don't make us all bad people. I think the reason for that kinda rumor is that there are some psychopathic disorders which make it unable for the person to really empathize with others but this is not their fault so it does't make them a bad person. They just don't have the ability to do something that most people can do but if this would mean they were bad people then blind or disabled people would be bad as well and that is surely not the case. Yes we have heard of horrible crimes commited by people who they said were psychopaths but we have to see that this is just a very small part of affected ones who actually do something like that. After all every case is different and I think it's never alone the disease that would make them do these things but also other circumstances. We can't say everyone who has cancer is sentenced to death because if someone would survive this or not depends on so many things and that's the same with "psychopaths" doing bad things. But most important is to see that it's just a disease for what you can't blame someone.

Psychopaths are not necessarily bad people, they are just people born with a mental illness. I think it's important to be aware of these mental illnesses.

Not necessarily. Psychopathy is a personality disorder characterized by boldness, lack of empathy and impulsiveness. Although psychopaths do not always become violent - especially if professional help is ensued -, there is definitely a higher chance of violence to occur than in a person that doesn't suffer from the disorder. Psychopaths rarely feel remorse or guilt, since they lack empathy, they are not afraid of risky situations and hardly abide social norms (they are antisocial). There is an interesting talk from Discovery Channel that says that heroes and villains in stories/movies share a great deal of the same three main characteristics; both are bold, out of the norm figures, they are defined by a lack of personal empathy (putting the greater good or the greater evil above everything else) and are uninhibited by social norms. So, there you go; psychopaths are not necessarily 'bad' people.

No, I believe they are just scared and insecure about the changes happening in their life...like all of us but they can't accept reality as it is too difficult and they bore a lot of pain...or maybe it's their mind playing tricks on them...who knows...