WDW101Y1 Lecture Notes - Insanity Defense, Actor Model, Bipolar Disorder

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How different understandings of the mind get involved in criminal law and in cases. The doctrine of intent: the way the law connects the most closely to the mind. The insanity defense: the other way where the mind is essential. The cultural defense/ psychiatric defense of cultural defense. Identify 4 different models of the mind (fundamentally different way of thinking about the mind, more then one competing model and none of them have potential weakness and not easily reconcilable) The traditional legal model: about intention. When ppl do the wrong thing they deserve to be punished. Some ppl support voluntarism (human being making voluntary choice for which they are accountable: appealing and easy to understand. Acceptable to a lot of ppl but it is alien to us and much harder to understand. The psychological model: from a determinism perspective. A machine has to have internal power, steering mechanics, and carriage capacity.

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