Citation

Charland LC. J. Personal. Disord. 2006; 20(2): 116-25; discussion 181-5.

Affiliation

Department of Philosophy & Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada. charland@uwo.ca

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, Guilford Publications)

DOI

10.1521/pedi.2006.20.2.116

PMID

16643116

Abstract

Moral considerations do not appear to play a large role in discussions of the DSM-IV personality disorders and debates about their empirical validity. Yet philosophical analysis reveals that the Cluster B personality disorders, in particular, may in fact be moral rather than clinical conditions. This finding has serious consequences for how they should be treated and by whom.

Language: en