Responsibility in mental disease.

Character Strengths: Research and Practice

“…Aquinas similarly argued that a virtue is a habit that people develop only by choosing the good and consistently acting in accord. Other scholars have made the same point that character must be developed by doing and not just by thinking or talking about it (e.g., Maudsley, 1898). These various notions about virtue imply that character can be cultivated by good parenting, schooling, and socialization and that it becomes instantiated through habitual action.…”

The Mad, the Bad, and the Psychopath

“…They may, e.g., believe that were their children to continue living, they would develop into terrible sinners, destined for Hell, as in the case of Andrea Yates. They may think that they are acting in self-defense, believing that they are defending themselves against a vicious animal when, in fact, they are struggling with their child [48]. Delusions, hallucinations, and similarly disordered thinking are not features of psychopathy.…”

“…[...] [C]an we not conceive of a defect that seriously incapacitates and calls for restraining measures, without assuming that this defect necessarily absolves the subject from culpability and penalties of the law?" 4 The focus on the understanding in standard insanity defenses has been subject to much criticism, for instance by people that believe that the volitional capacities of people suffering from mental disorder may also be impaired and be just as excusing as deficient understanding [48]. But talking about volition is notoriously tricky.…”

Publicaciones psicológicas en la Revista del Instituto Paraguayo

“…Lo mismo que ocurre con la herencia física se produce con lo moral. Al insistir sobre este aspecto Castell no solo se apoya en las ideas de Ribot, sino también en las del psiquiatra inglés Henry Maudsley (1835Maudsley ( -1918, médico que contribuyó con investigaciones sobre los desórdenes mentales y con estudios concernientes a los efectos de la herencia, legando una importante cantidad de obras científicas (Maudsley, 1871(Maudsley, , 1895a(Maudsley, , 1895b. La exposición se ve matizada de numerosos ejemplos, proveídos por los autores que utiliza como apoyo.…”