Disparities in the moral intuitions of criminal offenders: The role of psychopathy |
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Authors: | Aharoni Eyal Antonenko Olga Kiehl Kent A |
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Affiliation: | a The Mind Research Network, University of New Mexico, 1101 Yale Boulevard NE, Albuquerque, NM 87106, USA;b University of California, Berkeley, Department of Psychology, 4127 Tolman Hall #5050, Berkeley, CA 94720-5050, USA |
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Abstract: | The present study examined whether and in what ways psychopathy is associated with abnormal moral intuitions among criminal offenders. Using Haidt et al.’s Moral Foundations Questionnaire, 222 adult male offenders assessed for clinical psychopathy reported their degree of support for five moral domains: Harm Prevention, Fairness, Respect for Authority, Ingroup Loyalty, and Purity/Sanctity. As predicted, psychopathy total score explained a substantial proportion of the variance in reduced support for Harm Prevention and Fairness, but not the other domains. These results confirm that psychopathy entails a discrete set of moral abnormalities and suggest that these abnormalities could potentially help to explain the characteristic antisocial behavior of individuals with psychopathy. |
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Keywords: | Psychopathy Morality Moral judgment Forensics Personality disorders |
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