Why Do Psychopaths Do What They Do?

Psychology Today | 09.02.2026 19:58
Famed psychopathy researcher Dr. Robert D. Hare captured the essence of what motivates psychopaths in a quote from one. Hare wrote, "Typical of many of our psychopathic subjects, when asked why she committed crimes, a female in one of our studies replied, ‘You want the truth? Just for the fun of it.'”1