Are psychopaths moral‐psychologically impaired? Reassessing emotion‐theoretical explanations
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21502011 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rasmus Rosenberg Larsen (0000-0002-9294-8645, Department of Philosophy and Forensic Science Program University of Toronto Mississauga North Mississauga Ontario Canada, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 177-193 |
| Publication date | 2022-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Mind & Language (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0268-1064 • E-ISSN: 1468-0017 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/mila.12317 |
| OpenAlex | W3089335790 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 54 |
Psychopathy has been theorized as a disorder of emotion, which impairs moral judgments. However, these theories are increasingly being abandoned as empirical studies show that psychopaths seem to make proper moral judgments. In this contribution, these findings are reassessed, and it is argued that prevalent emotion‐theories of psychopathy appear to operate with the unjustified assumption that psychopaths have no emotions , which leads to the hypothesis that psychopaths are completely unable to make moral judgments. An alternative and novel explanation is proposed, theorizing psychopathy as a degree‐specific emotional deficiency, which causes degree‐specific differences in moral judgments
Antisocial personality disorder · Cognitive psychology · Injury prevention · Moral behavior · Moral disengagement · Personality · Poison control · Psychopathy · Psychology · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment · Psychology of Social Influence · Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,4 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |