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Are Psychopaths Legally Insane?European Journal of Analytic Philosophy 14 (1): 79-96. 2018.The question of whether psychopaths are criminally and morally responsible has generated significant controversy in the literature. In this paper, we discuss what relevance a psychopathy diagnosis has for criminal responsibility. It has been argued that figuring out whether psychopathy is a mental illness is of fundamental importance, because it is a precondition for psychopaths’ eligibility to be excused via the legal insanity defense. But even if psychopathy counts as a mental illness, this al…Read more
Marko Jurjako
University of Rijeka
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University of RijekaAssociate Professor
University of Rijeka
Alumnus, 2016
Rijeka, Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, Croatia
PhilPapers Editorships
Psychopathy |
Psychopathy and Moral Psychology |
Psychopathy and Treatment |