Psychopathy and Responsibility Theory
Psychopathy and Responsibility Theory
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4079859 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paul Litton (0000-0001-9418-0978, University of Missouri, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 676-688 |
| Publication date | 2010-07-20 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Philosophy Compass (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1747-9991 • E-ISSN: 1747-9991 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1747-9991.2010.00316.x |
| OpenAlex | W1942202241 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 32 |
Psychopathy presents a difficult challenge to moral and criminal responsibility theorists. Persons with the disorder have an impaired capacity for empathy and other moral emotions, and fail to feel the force of moral considerations. They have some rational impairments, but they reason adequately to manipulate, con, and exploit their victims, and otherwise to engage successfully in antisocial behavior. Is it appropriate to hold them morally responsible for their wrongdoing? Should the law hold psychopaths criminally responsible? This essay discusses philosophical debates involved in addressing these questions
Antisocial personality disorder · Criminal law · Criminal responsibility · Criminology · Empathy · Epistemology · Exploit · Moral responsibility · Personality · Poison control · Psychopathy · Wrongdoing · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Free Will and Agency · Philosophy · Psychology · Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending · Social Psychology
Doing and Deserving
Psychopathy
The emotional basis of moral judgments
On Being Responsible and Holding Responsible
Persons and Punishment
Two Faces of Responsibility
The Importance of What We Care About
Marxism and Retribution
The Force and Fairness of Blame
Normativity and the Will
Moral Dimensions
Control, responsibility, and moral assessment
The Responsibility of Psychopaths
Autism, Empathy and Moral Agency
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |