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46Primary Goods, Contingency, and the Moral Challenge of Genetic EnhancementJournal of Value Inquiry 45 (3): 279-291. 2011.
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61Identifications, Volitions and the Case of Successful PsychopathsDialectica 69 (1): 87-106. 2015.While many profound philosophical questions arise about psychopaths, I wish to draw attention to two limitations in current debates. First, philosophers mainly deal with offender and forensic populations neglecting so-called ‘successful’ psychopaths. Second, philosophers mainly focus on the issue of empathy and responsibility, while relatively little attention is paid to volitional aspects. I address these two limitations together and argue that ‘successful’ psychopaths are volitionally constrai…Read more
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81Evolutionary psychiatry and depression: testing two hypothesesMedicine, Health Care and Philosophy 15 (1): 41-52. 2012.In the last few decades, there has been a genuine ‘adaptive turn’ in psychiatry, resulting in evolutionary accounts for an increasing number of psychopathologies. In this paper, I explore the advantages and problems with the two main evolutionary approaches to depression, namely the mismatch and persistence accounts . I will argue that while both evolutionary theories of depression might provide some helpful perspectives, the accounts also harbor significant flaws that might question their autho…Read more
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