An Ordinary Man: An Autobiography by Paul Rusesabagina, a hotel owner who saved 1200 people during the Rwandan massacre. I haven't read the book (I plan to), but I've seen the movie about the rescue.
If you still have any interest in true crime and accuracy in reporting, there's Columbine by David Cullen, a reporter who was on the story from the beginning. It turns out that what was said about the killers was extremely inaccurate, as Cullen found from reading their diaries.
On the study of postive traits, I'd recommend Why Good Things Happen to Good People maybe not exactly what you were looking for, but possibly along the right lines.
Personally, I'd say the opposite of a psychopath is an empath (no idea if that's a psych term, but it's useful). Empathic people share the emotions of others easily. Which can be a good thing, but it can also mean they are easily swept away with their emotions or other's emotions. But that focuses on how they process rather than how they act.
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If you still have any interest in true crime and accuracy in reporting, there's Columbine by David Cullen, a reporter who was on the story from the beginning. It turns out that what was said about the killers was extremely inaccurate, as Cullen found from reading their diaries.
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Personally, I'd say the opposite of a psychopath is an empath (no idea if that's a psych term, but it's useful). Empathic people share the emotions of others easily. Which can be a good thing, but it can also mean they are easily swept away with their emotions or other's emotions. But that focuses on how they process rather than how they act.
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