Moral Enhancement in Russia: Lessons from the Past
Against the contemporary debates on techniques of “moral enhancement,” this article reviews the interpretation and methods of moral enhancement during the Stalin years in Russia: (1) the GULAG and (2) the abuse of psychiatry. The article serves as a cautionary tale for today’s policy debates, from t...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2018
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Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics
Year: 2018, Volume: 27, Issue: 3, Pages: 467-469 |
| Further subjects: | B
Stalin
B moral enhancement B GULAG B Psychiatry B Russia |
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| Summary: | Against the contemporary debates on techniques of “moral enhancement,” this article reviews the interpretation and methods of moral enhancement during the Stalin years in Russia: (1) the GULAG and (2) the abuse of psychiatry. The article serves as a cautionary tale for today’s policy debates, from the personal experiences of the author. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-2147 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0963180117000858 |