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Psychopaths can feel empathy.

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CONTESTED PARTIAL
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1 source for · 4 against

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Is it true that Psychopaths can feel empathy?

Partly. Sources disagree in part: a Scientific American Mind piece and reference texts say psychopaths lack empathy, while a parole-board book notes psychopaths can feel empathy when explicitly asked to, and a Dark Triad review reports reduced (mainly cognitive) empathy. The evidence covers the claim only partially and points both ways.

Verdict: CONTESTED PARTIAL · 1 source for, 4 against · Last checked

Evidence for · 1
On the Parole Board
2016
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Reamer, F. G. (2016). On the Parole Board. play.google.com. https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=nVc_DQAAQBAJ&source=gbs_api

Evidence against · 4
Cognitive Empathy and the Dark Triad: A Literature Review.
2023
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M, D., MC, G., M, F., A, D., & A, G. (2023). Cognitive Empathy and the Dark Triad: A Literature Review.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe13110184

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Wikibooks: Professionalism/Corporate Psychopaths
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Wikibooks: Professionalism/Corporate Psychopaths. (n.d.). en.wikibooks.org. https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Professionalism/Corporate_Psychopaths

Wikiversity: Motivation and emotion/Book/2010/Empathy
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Wikiversity: Motivation and emotion/Book/2010/Empathy. (n.d.). en.wikiversity.org. https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Motivation_and_emotion/Book/2010/Empathy

Inside the Mind of a Psychopath
2010
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Inside the Mind of a Psychopath. (2010). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1038/scientificamericanmind0910-22

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