Moral responsibility and the psychopath : the value of others / Jim Baxter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baxter, Jim (Jim D.), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychotherapist and patient--Moral and ethical aspects.

Psychotherapist and patient.

Psychotherapy.

Psychopaths.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 2121 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021.

Summary:

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.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 27 Aug 2021).

ISBN:

1-009-03582-7

1-009-03602-5

1-009-02535-X

OCLC:

1255521488