Cognitive neuroscience aims to understand the mind in physical terms. This endeavor
assumes that the mind can be understood in physical terms, and, insofar as it is successful …

Abstract The Hare Psychopathy Checklist (PCL; Hare, Neumann, & Mokros 2018) scales are
among the most widely used forensic assessment tools. Their perceived utility rests partly on …

Modern weapons of war have undergone precipitous technological change over the past
generation and the future portends even greater advances. Of particular interest are so …

Although past research has established that the utilitarian bias (increased willingness to
agree to personally kill someone for the greater good) in psychopathy on moral dilemmas …

Psychopathic individuals are often characterized as lacking a moral sense. Although this
hypothesis has received ample experimental attention over the past decade, findings have …

This entry will expound the main features of the notion of conscience as it is used in
philosophical discussion, religious teaching and in common language alike. The …

Implicit moral evaluations—ie, immediate, unintentional assessments of the wrongness of
actions or persons—play a central role in supporting moral behavior in everyday life. Yet …

A major question in clinical and moral psychology concerns the nature of the commonly
presumed association between psychopathy and moral judgment. In the current …

Research on moral dilemma judgment suggests that higher levels of psychopathy are
associated with a greater preference for utilitarian over deontological judgments. The current …

Although psychopathic traits have long been acknowledged as a public health concern, a
growing body of evidence suggests there is a significant personal cost to living with …