| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 335 pages) : 1 illustration. |
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text file |
| Series |
Philosophical psychopathology
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Philosophical psychopathology.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- The heterogeneous construct of psychopathy -- I: Moral capacities and incapacities. Psychopathy and moral rationality -- Without fellow feeling -- The words but not the music: empathy, language deficits, and psychopathy -- Psychopathic comportment and moral incapacity -- Not caring: sociopaths and the suffering of others -- II: Issues in moral psychology. Do psychopaths refute internalism? -- Psychopathic resentment -- Being a (a-)moral person and caring about morality -- III: Social aspects: blame, transgression, and dangerousness. Psychopathy, responsibility, and the moral/conventional distinction -- The significance of psychopathic wrongdoing -- Contesting dangerousness, risk, and treatability: a sociological view of dangerous and severe personality disorder (DSPD) -- Conclusion: the many faces of psychopathy. |
| Summary |
"Psychopathy has been the subject of investigations in both philosophy and psychiatry and yet the conceptual issues remain largely unresolved. This volume approaches psychopathy by considering the question of what psychopaths lack. The contributors investigate specific moral dysfunctions or deficits, shedding light on the capacities people need to be moral by examining cases of real people who seem to lack those capacities"--Publisher's description. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Psychopaths -- Ethics.
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Psychopaths. |
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Ethics. |
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Antisocial personality disorders -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Antisocial personality disorders. |
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Antisocial Personality Disorder. |
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Moral Obligations. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Schramme, Thomas, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Being amoral. Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : The MIT Press, [2014] 9780262027915 (DLC) 2014003876 (OCoLC)875403651 |
| ISBN |
9780262320382 electronic book |
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026232038X electronic book |
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9780262027915 hardcover ; alkaline paper |
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0262027917 hardcover ; alkaline paper |
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