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Title: Do psychopaths really threaten moral rationalism?
Related: Philosophical explorations : an international journal for the philosophy of mind and action, Vol. 9, No. 1 (2006), p.69-82
DOI: 10.1080/13869790500492524
Publisher: Routleddge
Date: 2006
FoR/RFCD Code(s): 170200 Cognitive Sciences 220300 Philosophy
Author/Creator: Kennett, Jeanette
Description: It is often claimed that the existence of psychopaths undermines moral rationalism. I examine a recent empirically based argument for this claim and conclude that rationalist accounts of moral judgement and moral reasoning are perfectly compatible with the evidence cited.
Description: 14 page(s)
Subject Keyword: 170200 Cognitive Sciences
Subject Keyword: 220300 Philosophy
Resource Type: journal article
Organisation: Macquarie University. Dept. of Philosophy

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