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1. The Philosophical Defence of Psychiatry

   By Lawrie Reznek

   Series: Philosophical Issues in Science

   By first analysing the arguments of psychiatry's critics and the philosophical ideas of such thinkers as Freud, Eysenck, Laing, Szasz, Sedgwick and Foucault and by then providing answers to the many contentious and diverse questions raised, Dr. Reznek aims to establish a philosophical defence of...

   Published November 3rd 2011 by Routledge
2. Evil or Ill?

   Justifying the Insanity Defence

   By Lawrie Reznek

   Series: Philosophical Issues in Science

   Lawrie Reznek addresses these questions and more in his controversial investigation of the insanity defense in Evil or Ill? Drawing from countless intriguing case examples, he aims to understand the concept of an excuse, and explains why the law excuses certain actions and not others. In his easily...

   Published October 1st 1997 by Routledge