Why does the accused go unpunished when the crime was committed under the influence of drugs, alcohol or a schizophrenic attack?
Generally speaking, both moral philosophy and criminal law accept the idea that a subject who commits a crime under such circumstances, has lost his mind. Expressions like being out of your head, losing your mind, or not knowing who you were, show clear examples of how to deny someone's guilt and consequently responsibility for their actions. In moral philosophy and law it is also assumed that a subject takes responsibility for his actions and therefore for his consequences, as long as he admits to being the author and cause of them. Moreover, the belief that we can choose our lives and decide on our actions makes us moral subjects.
In Walden Two Skinner claims that human beings do not have a free will just because they feel one. However, this statement is not harmless but is largely a provocation as it compromises the entire institutional building and consequently the state of law. After all, who will assume the consequences of his actions before the law if he is not recognized as the author or cause of them?