title: An ethical framework for assessments of criminal responsibility: applying Susan Wolf's account of sanity to forensic psychiatry.
abstract: Within the context of an ethical theory of responsibility, Susan Wolf has argued that people can only be considered fully responsible for their actions when they are sane. In this paper I explore the possibility of applying her ethical account of sanity and responsibility to forensic assessments of criminal responsibility. I argue that after some substantial revisions her account can be helpful in order to arrive at an ethics-based conceptual framework for forensic psychiatric assessments within the context of an insanity defense.
authors.affiliation: Tilburg Law School, Tilburg University, Prof. Cobbenhagenlaan 221, 5037 DE Tilburg, The Netherlands. g.meynen@uvt.nl
authors.forename: Gerben
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Meynen
mesh_terms: D003416:Criminal Law; D005555:Forensic Psychiatry / Q000941:ethics*; D006801:Humans; D007298:Insanity Defense; D016743:Mental Competency / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D035863:Moral Development