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Moral Insanity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2018

Robert Hunter Steen
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At the present time when the Mental Deficiency Bill is before Parliament a discussion on the above subject may be of some interest to the readers of the Journal of Mental Science.

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Part I.—Original Articles
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Journal of Mental Science , Volume 59 , Issue 246 , July 1913 , pp. 478 - 486
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1913 

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(1) Tanzi uses the same comparison. “The character of these persons who are incorrigible in their immorality, examples of true Daltonism of ethical sentiment, is not impetuous, passionate.” … Text-book of Mental Diseases, translation by Ford Robertson, p. 697. The writer had not noticed this till the present paper was under revision. If the reader desires to go fully into the medico-legal aspect he cannot do better than consult this work and Mercier on “Criminal Responsibility.” Google Scholar

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