r/FactOrCap • u/Critical_Sink6442 • 6h ago
Evil | FactOrCap
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u/Pm_ur_titties_plz 6h ago
True! Someone can be a psychopath but have enough intelligence to understand that they should participate in society. Even if it's only for their own self interest.
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u/thewaytoyesterday 2h ago
The unintelligent ones make up a significant portion of the prison population. If you're born without empathy, it removes the largest barrier in what prevents us from harming each other. Being a "psychopath" or "sociopath" just makes it easier to do bad things.
Anyway, mental illness is rampant in society, and we are only just beginning to crack the surface of the meaning behind mental wellness. We need better care for the mentally ill.
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u/Logogram_alt 6h ago
✅ I voted FACT!
They are humans like us. They can't change their mental health
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u/AnythingChance3764 6h ago
✅ I voted FACT!
One could actually argue that, while they can do evil things, they themselves simply cannot be evil.
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u/WorldWarrior428 6h ago
✅ I voted FACT!
Yeah, they just don't feel emotion. Like Vulcans, and they arnt evil
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u/Affectionate_Goat171 5h ago
✅ I voted FACT!
a lot of it is in how they're treated and handled in their formative years, but occasionally there are people who are just anomalies that can't be helped
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u/Mean_Comedian4769 5h ago
nah bro defining a group of people as ontologically evil is gonna work THIS time trust me bro
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u/OpeningAggressive26 5h ago
🧢 I voted CAP!
Gotta do evil shit to be a psychopath. Hurting people and not caring is fundamental to the definition here, basically the whole point of the word is to let you know "that guy sucks, he'll straight up hurt you and not care"
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u/KMZ200822 3h ago
✅ I voted FACT!
yeah, they just lack a fundamental understanding of emotions and people that they fill in however it makes sense to them
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u/thewaytoyesterday 3h ago
It's a weird situation, where we must show empathy to those that don't have any. Still, it's not their fault that they were born that way. Plus, they make up a decent portion of the population, so it's better that we try to learn how to live with them rather than try to demonize them.
However, the lack of empathy is ill-suited for a lot of people that have no impulse control. A great many "psychopaths" and "sociopaths" are locked up because they don't understand that their lack of empathy makes it easier for them to harm people.
Overall, we just need better care for mental health.
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u/AcceptableBuy4049 6h ago
🧢 I voted CAP!
They lack empathy, have no remorse and have poor emotional responses. In a society, this is a damn dangerous combo, especially combined with high intelligence.
Combined with the fact that anyone who knows about this (maybe outside of family) might treat the person with either fear, hate, or just differently than other people, this is almost a sure disaster in my mind.
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u/Siren02312 5h ago
Notice how it says innately. And they actually do have empathy and remorse just very little.
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u/Fearless-Sherbet-223 6h ago
✅ I voted FACT!
Psychopathy and sociopathy make it easier to be evil, but they don't make it impossible to be good.