Responsibility and Psychopathy - Interfacing Law, Psychiatry and Philosophy

Informationen zum Autor Luca Malatesti received his doctorate in philosophy of science from the University of Genoa and his doctorate in philosophy from the University of Stirling. He was Wellcome Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Institute of Applied Ethics at the University of Hull. He is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Rijeka (Croatia). His areas of research are philosophy of mind and philosophy of psychiatry.John McMillan is Associate Professor at the School of Medicine, Flinders University. Prior to this appointment he worked at the Hull York Medical School (2004-9), Cambridge (2002-4), Oxford (1998-2002) and Otago (1995-8) where he taught ethics to philosophy and medical students. He is an editor of The Principles of Healthcare Ethics (with Ashcroft, Dawson and Draper) 2007, Empirical Ethics in Psychiatry (with Widdershoven, Hope and Van der Scheer) 2008 and The Limits of Consent (with Corrigan, Liddell, Richards and Weijer) 2009. He was a member of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics working party on ethical issues and dementia which reported on October 1st, 2009. He is about to begin work on a book The Methods of Bioethics (with Adrian Walsh). Klappentext The discussion of whether psychopaths are morally responsible for their behaviour has long taken place in philosophy. In recent years this has moved into scientific and psychiatric investigation. Responsibility and Psychopathy discusses this subject from both the philosophical and scientific disciplines, as well as a legal perspective. Zusammenfassung The discussion of whether psychopaths are morally responsible for their behaviour has long taken place in philosophy. In recent years this has moved into scientific and psychiatric investigation. Responsibility and Psychopathy discusses this subject from both the philosophical and scientific disciplines, as well as a legal perspective.

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• Authors: Luca Malatesti, Luca/ McMillan Malatesti, John Mcmillan
• Assisted by: Luca Malatesti (Editor), Malatesti Luca (Editor), John Mcmillan (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.11.2010
• EAN: 9780199551637
• ISBN: 978-0-19-955163-7
• No. of pages: 340
• Dimensions: 158 mm x 234 mm x 19 mm
• Series: International Perspectives in Philosophy & Psychiatry; International Perspectives in Philosophy & Psychiatry; International Perspectives in
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine; PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, LAW / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, MEDICAL / Psychiatry / General, Philosophy of Mind, Psychiatry, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Legal aspects of criminology, Criminology: legal aspects