Lonelier and completely unbound by the paradigm everyone else lives in. No matter what your morals are, you do still have morals, and some version of a social contract you buy into.
To be completely without empathy is to stand apart from humans as a society. We're a social species, without rules, guilt, and the ability to enforce them, our ability to function as a species breaks down.
Being a true sociopath will prevent you from doing many things other people do naturally, while allowing you to naturally do many things other people cannot do. The only restraint put on them by society would be the practical reasons to follow rules, like fear of being caught, or more importantly the alignment with their own goals and benefits from doing so.
Some people cannot learn empathy, some people lose it, that's irrelevant, it places you outside the circle of the majority if you cannot exercise it.
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A human without empathy is an animal without a soul.
"... has been scarred, traumatized, or dealing with some sort of emotional and/or mental disorder. That or they're bad at reading others."
Some people have a hard time understanding or being empathetic for whatever reason. It doesn't necessarily mean they're a bad person! While yes, empathy is usually learned through observations and interacting with others, some people have to be taught empathy.
…usually someone with anti-social personality disorder, sociopathy, or psychopathy. Everyone else is capable of empathy on a certain scale, and even though lacking empathy is common in those listed disorders, they are still capable of it depending on where they fall on that spectrum.
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A human without empathy is. . . my ex!
A human without empathy is just a human without empathy. We're all different, so you can't expect everyone to conform to some ridiculous and arbitrary standard of what it means to be human. Dehumanisation is the first step on the ladder towards persecution and genocide. For evidence of this, just note how pro-abortionists like to say that what is being killed actually isn't a big deal, because it's apparently not a child anyway. How convenient for them, and their lack of conscience.
A narcissist. I used to live with one, and they show about as much empathy as a cat showing mercy to the mouse he's about to devour. They laugh at other people's struggles and misfortune. They don't care what it's like to get sick, unless it happens to them. If you have a problem, to them, it's not a problem.
They show no empathy towards anyone. They pretend too, but they don't.I mean, I’m not the most empathic person. I can still be sympathetic at least
still a human. Some people are just too tired of being taken advantage of, so naturally, they are more stoic.
However, some are just sociopaths.I agree with the other Anon's answer.. I wouldn't say that someone, who judges people based on their sexual orientation, gender, age and sees women as inferior etc... is particularly empathetic.
Empathy is the ability to take a different perspective. Being able to imagine and understand what things are like for someone else
…. a broken soul waiting to be given the same amount of empathy they never received.
without a soul. :1
Made me think about this really hard in one of my stories for my audience about a character that has he empathy... practically none. Until a really bad thing happens. o:
... could be a sociopath?
Is a person that will miss out on so many things and will but be in touch with anyone on a deeper type level. Also possibly a killer
The literal definition of a narcissist from a textbook
Without any empathy? A psychopath or sociopath or anyone displaying antisocial personality disorder.
In many ways lost. Maybe cold or selfish. Or has been abused and thinks that's the way life just is
A human without empathy is lacking in the ability to understand and share the feelings of others, and may struggle to form meaningful connections with those around them.
Someone who requires therapy to find out what has caused this lack of basic human emotion.
the majority of virtue signaling users on this site
A person without empathy is someone who has lost connection with their inner self.
"A human without empathy... defines most Republican's in Congress, especially the leadership, and all maga-nuts."
…someone with a mental or personality disorder who is not a bad person for having low or no empathy.
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