Do psychopaths have free will?

Psychopathic traits are considered one of the strongest predictors of violent recidivism. If free will is an illusion, then no individual, including a psychopath, can be held responsible for his or her behavior because moral responsibility presupposes free will.

Are psychopaths rational thinkers?

According to him, psychopaths, being rational individuals that fail to be motivated by moral reasons, offer a counterexample to those that assume that moral rationalism is a conceptual or empirical truth.

What are the characteristics of moral Judgement?

Moral judgment relies on affection, cognition, and complex neural circuits related to behavioral processes. Thus, it is one of the most complex activities in the field of human cognition. Many studies about moral judgment exist.

Are psychopaths morally responsible for their actions?

There, I argued that psychopaths are morally responsible for their actions because they have the necessary cognitive mechanisms one needs to properly judge an action as morally right or morally wrong. Now that I have time to address some of the issues that were raised at that talk I figured this would be a good place to flush out some of my ideas.

Are psychopaths socially normal?

Psychopaths are typically not the aggressive, crazy people that are portrayed in moves. They can function in normal ways in social concourse. Yet these otherwise normal behaviors allow them to be highly manipulative. They can come across as people with a conscious—perhaps appearing even charming.

What is a psychopath’s weakness in philosophy?

Psychopathy comes in degrees, so their understanding of other people would likewise vary with how acute their condition happens to be. This, then, leads to where their real weakness would lie in Philosophy: understanding Ethics.

Is the psychopath culpable?

If one does not think that the psychopath is culpable are they committed to asking the families that have been victimized by the psychopath to suspend their feelings of resent toward the psychopath? Well, if in fact the psychopath is not morally responsible then it does not seem fitting that they hold feelings of resent toward the psychopath.