Biology and Philosophy 34 (5):1-23 (2019)
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In their paper “Is psychopathy a mental disease?”, Thomas Nadelhoffer and Walter Sinnott-Armstrong argue that according to any plausible account of mental disorder, neural and psychological abnormalities correlated with psychopathy should be regarded as signs of a mental disorder. I oppose this conclusion by arguing that at least on a naturalistically grounded account, such as Wakefield’s ‘Harmful Dysfunction’ view, currently available empirical data and evolutionary considerations indicate that psychopathy is not a mental disorder.
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| Keywords | psychopathy mental disorder harmful dysfunctions frequency-dependent selection life-history theory |
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| DOI | 10.1007/s10539-018-9668-5 |
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