A full-blooded defence of full-blooded Epicureanism: responses to my critics

I cannot fully respond here to all of the subtle and sophisticated criticisms of my full-blooded Epicureanism that have been advanced by Frederik Kaufman, Stephan Blatti, TM Wilkinson and Walter Glannon.1-4 Accordingly, I will focus on correcting some misunderstandings of my position and on respondi...

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Main Author: Taylor, James Stacey (Author)
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Published: BMJ Publ. 2014
In: Journal of medical ethics
Year: 2014, Volume: 40, Issue: 9, Pages: 642-643
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