title: Irrationality: psychological, ethical and legal aspects.
abstract: A definition and a concise classification of irrational mentality and behaviour is proposed in the paper. The basic goal is to reveal the psychological mechanisms of inducing irrational individual and group behaviour by certain social agents. An attempt is made to apply the methodology of self-organization theory to the analysis of psychic equilibrium. The inducing of irrational behaviour is qualified as a crime against the freedom of the individual. In view of its grave social consequences a plea for its serious legal treatment is made.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Philosophical Studies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dimitrov
mesh_terms: D001318:Authoritarianism; D003405:Creativity; D004989:Ethics; D005610:Freedom; D006126:Group Processes; D006806:Human Rights / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D008128:Logic; D016743:Mental Competency / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000523:psychology*; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010565:Persuasive Communication; D011056:Political Systems