Psychopaths have emotional and rational impairments that can be expressed in persistent
criminal behaviour. UK and US law has not traditionally excused disordered individuals for …

Recently it has been argued that certain neuropsychological findings on the decision-
making, instrumental learning, and moral understanding in psychopathic offenders offer …

Effective and specifically targeted social and therapeutic responses for antisocial personality
disorders and psychopathy are scarce. Some authors maintain that this scarcity should be …

In this paper we aim to offer a balanced argument to motivate (re) thinking about the mental
illness clause within the insanity defence. This is the clause that states that mental illness …

We argue that the mandatory moral bioenhancement of psychopaths is justified as a
prescription of social morality. Moral bioenhancement is legitimate when it is justified on the …

It has been argued that a biomarker-informed classification system for antisocial individuals
has the potential to overcome many obstacles in current conceptualizations of forensic and …

How psychopaths and their capacity for moral action are viewed is not only philosophically
interesting but is also important and relevant for policy. The philosophical discussion of …

Whether psychopathic offenders are practically rational has attracted philosophical attention.
The problem is relevant in theoretical discussions in moral psychology and in discussions …

A pressing and difficult practical problem concerns the general issue of the right social
response to offenders classified as having antisocial personality disorder. This paper …

The harm usually associated with psychopathy requires therapeutically, legally, and
ethically satisfactory solutions. Scholars from different fields have, thus, examined whether …