Walter Sinnott-Armstrong (a possible case of nominative determinism), holds forth on the morality of the Irresistible Impulse Rule, in this study: “Insanity Defenses,” Walter Sinnott-Armstrong and Ken Levy, in Oxford Handbook on the Philosophy of the Criminal Law, p. 299, John Deigh & David Dolinko, eds., Oxford University Press, 2011. It says: “We explicate and evaluate […]
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Madness gathering in one place
1st Global Conference Madness – Probing the boundaries Monday 8th September – Wednesday 10th September 2008 Mansfield College, Oxford Call for Papers This inter-disciplinary research conference seeks to explore issues of madness across historical periods and within cultural, political and social contexts. We are also interested in exploring the place of madness in persons and […]