Moral Responsibility and the Psychopath: The Value of Others

by Jim Baxter

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1009016393
• ISBN13: 9781009016391
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"