From: utzoo!decvax!cca!hplabs!soreff@sri-unix Newsgroups: net.misc Title: Re: sanity, justice. Article-I.D.: hplabs.505 Posted: Thu Jul 1 10:32:38 1982 Received: Fri Jul 2 03:46:16 1982 Greg Guthrie claims that insanity is equivalent to making "a bad judgement" which is implied "by the un-lawfullness of the act". There are many scenarios where commiting an illegal act is a good judgement. 1: Where the person believes the benefits of acting exceed the costs that the legal system will impose on them. 2: Where the person believes that the benefits of acting exceed the costs that the legal system will impose on them weighted by the detection and conviction probabilities. Greg Guthrie also claims that "The responsibility of the individual is to maintain sanity...". This seems far too sweeping a statement to me. A few years ago Army Intelligence or the CIA (I forget which) fed LSD to some unsuspecting people. I would NOT hold the subjects of those experiments responsible for their actions while under the influence of the unknowingly ingested drugs. According to Guthrie's statements, he would hold them responsible. -Jeffrey Soreff