social reasons for people to commit murder. A difference between 'mad' and 'normal'?

Essay from the year 2012 in the subject Philosophy - Practical (Ethics, Aesthetics, Culture, Nature, Right, ...), grade: 2.1, University of Leeds, course: Criminal Justice and Criminology, language: English, abstract: When society differentiates between the mad and the normal there is a clear notion that the normal are viewed as superior beings. The delusional world of the mad is miles apart from the reality of normal life, and therefore cannot possibly have a positive influence on those within it. But when one explores the reason for murder, the intentions that evolve from both the delusional world of the mad and the normals reality, paint a very different picture of rationality. This leads us to explore the concept that the individuals that we so readily declare as mad are actually equally in tune with sanity.