The way society views and treats people who suffer from serious mental illnesses is considered a highly important discussion Mayo clinic a nonprofit medical practice and medical research group states that mental illness is a health condition that consists of disorders that affect your mood and they way you behave Mayo Clinic 1 People who suffer from these health conditions are more prone to commit immoral acts due to their altered state of mind Mental health disorders generally cause people to act immorally and thoughtlessly although instead of blaming and abandoning them society should provide aid through therapy and medicine to help guide people with maladies down the right path ADD MORE Many people who suffer from severe mental illnesses such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder are not always in control of their behavior as a society we should be addressing these problems Anja Karnein a graduate in ethics summarizes what professor Anita L Allen Castellitto from the department of ethics at Harvard says It cannot be assumed that the mentally ill are capable of the same kind of moral agency as are the non mentally ill Karnein 1 It cannot be expected for someone who is suffering from these types of conditions to uphold the same amount of morality as someone who has a healthy state of mind
