"As One Infirm, I Approach the Balm of Life": Psychiatric Medication, Agency, and Freedom in the Psychology of St. Thomas Aquinas
People often take psychiatric medication in order to obtain both freedom from painful experience and freedom for relationships and vocation. Thomas Aquinas' account of agency and freedom offers resources for using medications wisely. For Aquinas, bodily health is only the beginning of freedom....
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
[2018]
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Christian bioethics
Year: 2018, Volume: 24, Issue: 3, Pages: 265-287 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CH Christianity and Society NCH Medical ethics ZD Psychology |
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