Venue: The James Callaghan Building, Swansea University
Academic Convenor: Professor Thomas Schramme, Department of Philosophy, Hamburg
Sociopathy has bedevilled many different disciplines for a long time. The phenomenon specifically raises important questions in relation to philosophy, psychiatry, and law. This Conference sets out to discuss an important topic that underlies many of the more common discussions: What specific deficits, if any, do sociopaths have? By addressing this question the symposium will contribute to the most basic questions about the nature of moral agency.
Download application form here: http://www.philosophie.uni-hamburg.de/Schramme/psychopathy_/Registration.pdf
Confirmed speakers at this event as follows:
Dr. Piers Benn
freelance (formerly Department of Primary Health Care & General Practice, Imperial College, UK) "Out of Touch with Moral Reality: 'Moral Insanity' Re-visited"
Professor R.J.R. Blair
National Institute of Mental Health, USA "Dysfunction within amygdala and orbital frontal cortex in youths with psychopathic traits: the importance of stimulus-reinforcement learning and representation for appropriate decision making"
Professor Jonathan Glover
Centre of Medical Law and Ethics, King's College, UK "Talking to People With Anti-Social Behaviour Disorder"
Ms. Kerrin Jacobs
Institute of Cognitive Science, University of Osnabrück, Germany "Volitional Deficits in Sociopathy"
Professor Heidi Maibom
Department of Philosophy, Carleton University, Canada"Without Fellow Feeling. Is Lack of Empathy the Real Problem with Psychopaths?
Professor Tom Mason
Department of Mental Health and Learning Disability, University of Chester, UK "The Medicalisation of Badness"
Dr. Susie Scott
Department of Sociology, University of Sussex, UK "Contesting dangerousness, risk and treatability: sociological perspectives on DSPD (Dangerous and Severe Personality Disorder)"
Professor David Shoemaker
Department of Philosophy, Bowling Green State University, USA "The Criminal and Moral Responsibility of the Psychopath"