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Emotional learning and the development of differential moralities: implications from research on psychopathy
Author(s) -
Blair R. James R.,
White Stuart F.,
Meffert Harma,
Hwang Soonjo
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1111/nyas.12169
Subject(s) - psychopathy , psychology , norm (philosophy) , perspective (graphical) , social emotional learning , cognition , emotional development , developmental psychology , cognitive psychology , social psychology , epistemology , personality , social change , artificial intelligence , computer science , neuroscience , philosophy , economics , economic growth
In this paper, we will argue that (1) four classes of norm can be distinguished from a neuro‐cognitive perspective; (2) learning the prohibitive power of these norms relies on relatively independent emotional systems; (3) individuals with psychopathy show selective impairment for one of these emotional learning systems and two classes of norm: care based and justice based; and (4) while emotional learning systems are necessary for appropriate moral development/reasoning, they are not sufficient for moral development/reasoning.

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