mental illness
Dimensions of Moral Agency
Sarah Vincent authored the chapter entitled, “The Myth of the Mental (Illness).”
Abstract:
Thomas Szasz has wrestled with the following question: Does mental illness even exist? Here, I sketch two provocative papers by Szasz and detail his reasons for criticizing the concept ‘mental illness.’ I will proceed to highlight where I think Szasz’s writing is philosophically dubious, despite its role in forcing us to think critically about ‘mental illness.’