Why philosophy is important to medical ethics

Derek Parfit in his landmark Reasons and Persons1 asks us to imagine the following hypothetical case. You must have a very painful operation for which there is no anaesthesia. You will experience excruciating pain for several hours. But then you will be given a drug to induce amnesia. You will not r...

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Main Author: Savulescu, Julian (Author)
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Published: BMJ Publ. 2014
In: Journal of medical ethics
Year: 2014, Volume: 40, Issue: 10, Pages: 649-650
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