Talk:Empathy/@comment-5647070-20160612151116/@comment-5553481-20160818150704

Because they can't, mostly. Sociopaths have barely emotions and conscience, and their ability to empathise with people is almost nil, as they haven't really felt those emotions. Those people you know are either (1) really rare and lucky enough to be able to emphasise, (2) with sociopathic tendencies, not sociopaths, or (3) faking, learned to act by observation.