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Feeling Good and Doing Better by Thomas H Murray

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Part of Contemporary Issues In Biomedicine Ethics And Society series

Summary

With the support of the Na­ tional Science Foundation's program on Ethics and Values in Science and Technology, and the National Endowment for the Humanities' program on Science, Technology, and Human Values, * The Hastings Center was able to sponsor such dialog as part of a major research into the ethics of drug use that spanned two years.

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Feeling Good and Doing Better by Thomas H Murray

The place of drugs in American society is a problem more apt to evoke diatribe than dialog. With the support of the Na­ tional Science Foundation's program on Ethics and Values in Science and Technology, and the National Endowment for the Humanities' program on Science, Technology, and Human Values, * The Hastings Center was able to sponsor such dialog as part of a major research into the ethics of drug use that spanned two years. We assembled a Research Group from leaders in the scientific, medical, legal, and policy com­ munities, leavened with experts in applied ethics, and brought them together several times a year to discuss the moral, legal and social issues posed by nontherapeutic drug use. At times we also called on other experts when we needed certain issues clarified. We did not try to reach a consensus, yet several broad areas of agreement emerged: That our society's response to nontherapeutic drug use has been irrational and inconsistent; that our attempts at control have been clumsy and ill-informed; that many complex moral values are entwined in the debate and cannot be reduced to a simple conflict between individual liberty and state paternalism. Of course each paper should be read as the statement of that particular author or authors. The views expressed in this book do not necessarily represent the views of The Hastings Center, the National Science Foundation, or the National En­ dowment for the Humanities.

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Emotions, The Killing of Bonnie Garland, and The Anger Within are among the fifteen works written by Willard Gaylin, M.D. He cofounded The Hastings Center, a research institute for ethical questions in the bio sciences, as a clinical professor of psychology at Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons.

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ISBN 13 9780896030619
ISBN 10 089603061X
Title Feeling Good and Doing Better
Author Thomas H Murray
Series Contemporary Issues In Biomedicine Ethics And Society
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Humana Press Inc.
Year published 1984-12-05
Number of pages 220
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.