Journal of Abnormal Psychology Psychopathy Increases Perceived Moral Permissibility of Accidents
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Psychopathy increases perceived moral permissibility of accidents.
Psychopaths are notorious for their antisocial and immoral behavior, yet experimental studies have typically failed to identify deficits in their capacities for explicit moral judgment. We tested 20 criminal psychopaths and 25 criminal nonpsychopaths on a moral judgment task featuring hypothetical scenarios that systematically varied an actor's intention and the action's outcome. Participants w...
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