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Is Psychopathy a Harmful Dysfunction?

Jurjako, Marko (2019) Is Psychopathy a Harmful Dysfunction? [Preprint]

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Abstract

In their paper “Is psychopathy a mental disease?”, Thomas Nadelhoffer and Walter Sinnott-Armstrong have argued that according to any plausible account of mental disorder, neural and psychological abnormalities correlated with psychopathy should be regarded as signs of a mental disorder. I oppose this conclusion by arguing that at least on a naturalistically grounded account, such as Wakefield’s ‘Harmful Dysfunction’ view, currently available empirical data and evolutionary considerations indicate that psychopathy is not a mental disorder.


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Jurjako, Markomjurjako@uniri.hr0000-0002-7252-8627
Keywords: psychopathy, mental disorder, harmful dysfunctions, frequency-dependent selection, life-history theory
Subjects: Specific Sciences > Medicine > Biomedical Ethics
General Issues > Ethical Issues
Specific Sciences > Psychology
Depositing User: Mr Marko Jurjako
Date Deposited: 30 Dec 2018 03:53
Last Modified: 30 Dec 2018 03:53
Item ID: 15508
Subjects: Specific Sciences > Medicine > Biomedical Ethics
General Issues > Ethical Issues
Specific Sciences > Psychology
Date: 2019
URI: https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/15508

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