IS HOMEOPATHY REALLY ‘MORALLY AND ETHICALLY UNACCEPTABLE’? A CRITIQUE OF PURE SCIENTISM
In this short response we show that Kevin Smith's moral and ethical rejections of homeopathy1 are fallacious and rest on questionable epistemology. Further, we suggest Smith's presumption of a utilitarian stance is an example of scientism encroaching into medicine.
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Wiley-Blackwell
2012
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| Dans: |
Bioethics
Année: 2012, Volume: 26, Numéro: 9, Pages: 501-503 |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Scientism
B Utilitarianism B Homeopathy |
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| Résumé: | In this short response we show that Kevin Smith's moral and ethical rejections of homeopathy1 are fallacious and rest on questionable epistemology. Further, we suggest Smith's presumption of a utilitarian stance is an example of scientism encroaching into medicine. |
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| ISSN: | 1467-8519 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Bioethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8519.2012.01948.x |