What is 'objective' value?

[robvalue]

Yes, I agree that "psycopath", like many technical terms, has acquired a negative spin. And I don't like that at all. When it gets to the point where there isn't an actual word that doesn't carry implications, the language is problematic. Educating people about it objectively would be great, to help them understand some people don't have empathy and so don't see things the way most people do.

What I was trying to say is that (in my opinion) stopping opportunistic killings entirely would require something so extreme as to be probably worse than the problem itself.

If there is another solution which somehow better integrates psycopaths into society, I'd be all for it. I don't think brainwashing would work, and I have moral objections to it also.

By all means, encourage people to care about human life. Appeal to their empathy. It's when someone has no empathy that the situation is very difficult. It's not their fault if they don't have it, of course. But ultimately society needs to be safe, so if someone is randomly violent they have to be removed. This is a form of mob rule, I totally agree. I just don't think there is a viable alternative which isn't worse.