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TY - CHAP
T1 - Reasons to Expect Psychopathy and Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASPD) to Vary Across Cultures
AU - Cooper, Rachel
PY - 2021/12/15
Y1 - 2021/12/15
N2 - I present two philosophical arguments that Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASPD) and Psychopathy can be expected to be culturally variable. I argue that the ways in which people with ASPD and psychopaths can be expected to act will vary with societal values and culture. In the second part of the chapter, I will briefly review some of the empirical literature on cross-cultural variation in ASPD and psychopathy and argue that it is consistent with my philosophical claims. My conclusion in this chapter is that methods of diagnosis will need to be culturally specific. A diagnostic instrument (such as the PCL-R or DSM) should not be uncritically employed in cultures that are very different from those in which it was initially developed.
AB - I present two philosophical arguments that Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASPD) and Psychopathy can be expected to be culturally variable. I argue that the ways in which people with ASPD and psychopaths can be expected to act will vary with societal values and culture. In the second part of the chapter, I will briefly review some of the empirical literature on cross-cultural variation in ASPD and psychopathy and argue that it is consistent with my philosophical claims. My conclusion in this chapter is that methods of diagnosis will need to be culturally specific. A diagnostic instrument (such as the PCL-R or DSM) should not be uncritically employed in cultures that are very different from those in which it was initially developed.
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-82454-9_14
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-82454-9_14
M3 - Chapter (peer-reviewed)
SN - 9783030824532
T3 - History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences
SP - 253
EP - 268
BT - Psychopathy
A2 - Malatesti, Luca
A2 - McMillan, John
A2 - Šustar, Predrag
PB - Springer
CY - Cham
ER -