Moral Responsibility and the Psychopath
The Value of Others
Seiten
2023
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-009-01639-1 (ISBN)
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-009-01639-1 (ISBN)
Are psychopaths morally responsible? Should we argue with them? Remonstrate with them, blame them, sometimes even praise them? In this book, Jim Baxter aims to find serious answers to these philosophical questions, drawing on contemporary insights from psychiatry, psychology, neuroscience and law.
Are psychopaths morally responsible? Should we argue with them? Remonstrate with them, blame them, sometimes even praise them? Is it worth trying to change them, or should we just try to prevent them from causing harm? In this book, Jim Baxter aims to find serious answers to these deep philosophical questions, drawing on contemporary insights from psychiatry, psychology, neuroscience and law. Moral Responsibility and the Psychopath is the first sustained, book-length philosophical work on this important and fascinating topic, and will be of deep interest and importance to researchers in these fields – not to mention anyone who has had to interact with a psychopath in their everyday life.
Are psychopaths morally responsible? Should we argue with them? Remonstrate with them, blame them, sometimes even praise them? Is it worth trying to change them, or should we just try to prevent them from causing harm? In this book, Jim Baxter aims to find serious answers to these deep philosophical questions, drawing on contemporary insights from psychiatry, psychology, neuroscience and law. Moral Responsibility and the Psychopath is the first sustained, book-length philosophical work on this important and fascinating topic, and will be of deep interest and importance to researchers in these fields – not to mention anyone who has had to interact with a psychopath in their everyday life.
Jim Baxter is Professional Ethics Consultancy Team Leader at the University of Leeds's Inter-Disciplinary Ethics Applied Centre. His recent research focuses on professionalism in banking and integrity in organisations.
Introduction; 1. Moral Responsibility; 2. Psychopathy; 3. Psychopathy and Moral Responsibility; 4. Emotions and Value; 5. Empathy and Moral Development; 6 Psychopathy in the Criminal Law; Conclusions; Bibliography; Index.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 10.10.2023 |
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| Zusatzinfo | Worked examples or Exercises |
| Verlagsort | Cambridge |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Gewicht | 331 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Logik | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-009-01639-3 / 1009016393 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-009-01639-1 / 9781009016391 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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