This discussion is giving me deja vu. I'm sure this distinction has been debated on here before.
I see your point Pylon: if you're going to sympathize with a person who is unfortunate enough to have schizophrenia, why not sympathize with a person who has antisocial personality disorder, or even a sexual attraction to children that they can't help?
I think the answer may simply be a matter of choice. A schizophrenic person suffers from delusions and hallucinations, and can't make rational decisions that are grounded in reality as a consequence. The tendencies of a person with APD (or related characteristics however you might define them) may be inherent to the person, but don't rob the person of the ability to make a rational choice, much in the same way a child molester may always be attracted to children, but chooses not to act on it.
It seems to me that the schizophrenic cannot make a moral choice, whereas a psychopath can (they just aren't always inclined to). And that's what it comes down to really.
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