What really is the nature of suffering? Three problems with Eric Cassell’s concept of distress
Eric Cassell famously defined suffering as a person’s severe distress at a threat to their personal integrity. This article draws attention to some problems with the concept of distress in this theory. In particular, I argue that Cassell’s theory turns on distress but does not define it, which, in l...
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Bioethics
Year: 2020, Volume: 34, Issue: 7, Pages: 695-702 |
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