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If someone does something we disapprove of, we regard him as bad if we believe we can deter him from persisting in his conduct, but we regard him as mad if we believe we cannot.

Thomas Szasz
Believe, Mad, Doe
Thomas Stephen Szasz (1973). “The second sin”, Anchor
If someone does something we disapprove of, we regard him as bad if we believe we can deter him from persisting in his conduct, but we regard him as mad if we believe we cannot.