
Mental illness is an issue of great practical importance. Yet, despite sustained inquiry from scientists and philosophers alike, relatively little attention has been paid to the significance of mental disorder to agency and responsibility. While there is some work that touches on the topic, and a few extended treatments of particular disorders, these only scratch the surface. Agency in Mental Disorder seeks to provide a starting point for deeper and broader philosophical analyses. The 8 new essays in this book address various questions about the relationship between agency and mental disorder. What is the nature of that relationship? In what ways do mental disorders affect capacities for control? How should we understand the mitigations of blame that mental disorders seem to provide, and can we generalize from specific disorders to any interesting claims about disorders as a class? And what makes for a mental disorder in the first place?
This book investigates the complex intersection between mental disorder, human agency, and moral responsibility. Luping Zhang compiles a collection of eight original essays that examine how psychiatric conditions influence an individual's capacity for control and autonomous action. The text challenges existing philosophical frameworks by questioning whether mental disorders can be categorized as a singular class regarding their impact on culpability and blame.
What You Will Find
Scope Limits
Scholars and philosophers view this collection as a necessary contribution to the under-examined field of philosophy of psychiatry. Readers frequently note the academic density of the prose, which is intended for those with a background in ethics or cognitive science.
Page Count:
205
Publication Date:
2022-01-01
Publisher:
OUP Oxford
ISBN-10:
019263948X
ISBN-13:
9780192639486
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