Artificial Sanity
Please go to the following case:
http://sciencecases.lib.buffalo.edu/cs/files/artificial_sanity.pdf
- Discuss some accepted models of mental illness, i.e., psychological, biological, behavioral. How do these differ? What assumptions are being made?
- How do these different models influence the treatment of people with mental disorders?
- Tell the class the history of the present case. What does “right to treatment” entail for Singleton? Does Singleton have schizophrenia in your opinion?
- What are the assumptions about mental illness held by Singleton’s lawyer and the prosecutor? Support your answer with direct quotes from each lawyer.
- Each lawyer appears to believe in a different model of mental illness. What model is each lawyer using to support his/her argument about how Singleton should be treated?
- What is artificial sanity? Argue your own side of the case.