Naslov
The Disorder Status of Psychopathy

Autori
Malatesti, Luca ; Baccarini, Elvio

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Poglavlja u knjigama, ostalo

Knjiga
Psychopathy: Its Uses, Validity and Status

Urednik/ci
Malatesti, Luca ; McMillan, John ; Šustar, Predrag

Izdavač
Springer

Grad
Cham

Godina
2022

Raspon stranica
291-309

ISBN
978-3-030-82453-2

Ključne riječi
Psychopathy ; Mental disorder ; Harm in psychiatry ; John Rawls ; Reinforcement learning ; Normative justification ; Normativism in psychiatry

Sažetak
In this chapter, we investigate whether psychopathy is a mental disorder. We argue that addressing this question requires engaging, at least, with three principal issues that have conceptual, empirical, and normative dimensions. First, it must be established whether current measures of psychopathy individuate a unitary class of individuals. By this we mean that persons classified as psychopaths should share some relevant similarities that support explanation, prediction, and treatment. Second, it must be proven that psychopathy harms the person who has it. Third, it must be established that the harm associated with psychopathy is relevant for the ascription of disorder status. Regarding this latter issue, we argue that psychopathy should be considered a disorder if its harmfulness derives from certain incapacities or limited capacities. These incapacities should affect basic competences that are justifiably required for conducting a preferable type of life. Within this framework, we tentatively advance the hypothesis that some normatively justified conclusions and empirical evidence about psychopathy, that needs nonetheless to be further investigated, might support the claim that people with psychopathy have a mental disorder.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Filozofija

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