Moral understanding in the psychopath

Synthesis Philosophica

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 337-348

  Malatesti, Luca ^a  

^a Filozofskog fakulteta u Rijeci   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Conventional moral norms; Moral responsibility; Moral understanding; Psychology of moral understanding; Psychopathy; Rationalism; Sentimentalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951795028     PISSN: 03527875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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