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Your own free will and speech is usually bounded by the assumption that you will not encroach on others' personal rights and freedoms. Schizophrenia may carry s
by xattt 8y ago
Your own free will and speech is usually bounded by the assumption that you will not encroach on others' personal rights and freedoms. Schizophrenia may carry some risk that one individual will incorrectly perceive reality, and cause harm to another person or animal. It is this risk that makes mandatory treatment necessary.
- wpietri 8y agoNot really. Many schizophrenics are perfectly harmless. And there are many abusive people who are not schizophrenic at all. If risk of harm to others were the only thing that justified mandatory treatment, we could reasonably treat anybody with a conviction for a great number of crimes.