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Are Serial Killers Cold‐Blooded Killers?
In Fritz Allhoff & S. Waller (eds.), Serial Killers ‐ Philosophy for Everyone. Wiley‐Blackwell. pp. 141–152 (2010-09-24)
Abstract
This chapter contains sections titled: In Cold Bold: The Moral Psychology of Fictional Serial Killers I Think I'll Eat Your Heart: The Lack‐of‐Empathy Explanation Dexter and the Extreme Lack of Understanding The Hot‐Blooded Reality: Sex, Rage, Fame My Evil Just Happened to Come Out: Empathy Inhibits? Serial Killing Because They Care? “Angels of Death” “I didn't want to hurt them, I only wanted to kill them”: Empathic Dissonance The Serial Killer Next Door?
serial killers ‐ as cold‐blooded killers moral psychology, investigating what psychological factors make us moral or immoral beings moral psychology, two theories ‐ lack of empathy and lack of impulse control in cold bold ‐ moral psychology of fictional serial killers “empathy” ‐ very different deficiencies in serial killers serial killers lacking empathy ‐ more than a placeholder for some emotion Dexter and extreme lack of understanding hot‐blooded reality ‐ sex, rage, fame ‐ Dexter Morgan (or Ted Bundy) as emotionless, being actually misleading Dennis Rader, BTK killer in Wichita ‐ motivated by sexual desire and obsession serial killers dubbed “Angels of Death” ‐ nurses who killed terminally ill or elderly patients
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