I would advise against it. Sociopaths have all the emotions of non-sociopaths, they can care just as much as normal people. They just have a chip that got over stressed and burned out.

Sociopathy is literally brain damage. You can scan a sociopath's brain and find the anomaly. It's like having a stroke, the part you need to identify the problem is the part that doesn't work. So you have to work around it. And work arounds are never as good as the real thing. And it's exhausting.

This is sort of a sociopathic question

This isn't goblins

Definitely.

Why do you need permission?

Probably, but I'd lose what I care about in the process as I would no longer care.

All it really requires is that you pay attention to people and what they do. Especially when they're nervous or out of their element.

Given enough time, charisma and lack of empathy, you can manipulate dumb people into doing almost anything.

It's not difficult. The lack of empathy is the only part I have a hard time with.