Should we discard achievements made by unlikable people?

[Rev. Rye]

... my point was they're not psychopaths.

Lacking empathy is a far cry from being a psychopath. Besides psychopaths don't necessarily have no empathy, they just have weak empathy that they can switch on and off at will.

If it’s just a matter of being able to switch empathy on and off, then the fact is there’s no real difference between the sociopath and the normal person. Given the right circumstances (or the right target) most people tend to switch their empathies off, even if it’s usually unconsciously. My little example with Bin Laden should have demonstrated that.