ABSTRACT
Delusions sometimes give rise to violent action, endangering their subject and/or other people. When they have practical consequences of this kind, matters are raised that are not only epistemic but moral and social. Even the moral status of adhering to delusions when they fail to result in wrongful action deserves attention, moreover. For a fine and controversial line seems to separate some delusional states from moral weaknesses and character failings. Before examining how actions stemming from delusional thinking are assessed from a moral perspective, we’ll consider this other kind of assessment, about how delusions reflect on character.
