According to that wiki article, the distinction between a psychopath and a sociopath is a matter of how they got that way, not how bad they are.
A psycopath has no empathy or compassion. They feel nothing for or about other people. It's all the same to them whether you're happy or sad or even dead, all that matters is that they get what they want, and they will use, abuse, and manipulate everybody around them with no sense of guilt whatsoever.
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Date: 2007-10-04 03:57 pm (UTC)A psycopath has no empathy or compassion. They feel nothing for or about other people. It's all the same to them whether you're happy or sad or even dead, all that matters is that they get what they want, and they will use, abuse, and manipulate everybody around them with no sense of guilt whatsoever.