Being Insane in a Reasonable Way - On the (Ir-)relevance of the Content of Psychotic Delusions for Criminal Responsibility
This paper explores the legal relevance of delusions in determining criminal responsibility. We argue that although delusions may be relevant in assessing capacity for criminal responsibility, the specific content of delusional beliefs should not form the basis for judgments of blameworthiness. The analysis takes the Anglo-American criminal law tradition as its starting point, focusing on the gene
