Personality Disorders and Moral Responsibility

Authors

Mike W. Martin, Chapman UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2010

Abstract

In “Personality Disorders: Moral or Medical Kinds—or Both?” Peter Zachar and Nancy Nyquist Potter (2010) reject any general dichotomy between morality and mental health, and specifically between character vices and personality disorders. In doing so, they provide a nuanced and illuminating discussion that connects Aristotelian virtue ethics to a multidimensional understanding of personality disorders. I share their conviction that dissolving morality–health dichotomies is the starting point for any plausible understanding of human beings (Martin 2006), but I register some qualms about their discussion of responsibility.

Comments

This article was originally published in Philosophy, Psychiatry, & Psychology, volume 17, issue 2, in 2010. DOI: 10.1353/ppp.0.0294

Recommended Citation

Martin, Mike W. "Personality disorders and moral responsibility." Philosophy, Psychiatry, & Psychology 17.2 (2010): 127-129.
DOI:10.1353/ppp.0.0294

Peer Reviewed

1

Copyright

Johns Hopkins University Press