Are ethical judgments intrinsically motivational? Lessons from "acquired sociopathy" [1]

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What is moral reasoning? (2015, background): “Some people argue that psychopaths show that moral judgments do not necessarily motivate, because psychopaths seem to make genuine moral judgments but do not act in ways consistent with them (Nichols, 2002; Roskies, 2003; Svavarsdottir, 1999).”
The Responsibility of the Psychopath Revisited (2008, background): “In a fascinating and influential article, Adina Roskies (2003) has adduced experimental evidence designed to demonstrate that MI is false; if Roskies is right, then there is no apparent barrier to attributing moral knowledge to the psychopath.”