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- Title
The Aim of Medicine. Sanocentricity and the Autonomy Thesis.
- Authors
Varga, Somogy
- Abstract
Recent criticisms of medicine converge on fundamental questions about the aim of medicine. The main task of this paper is to propose an account of the aim of medicine. Discussing and rejecting the initially plausible proposal according to which medicine is pathocentric, the paper presents and defends the Autonomy Thesis, which holds that medicine is not pathocentric, but sanocentric, aiming to promote health with the final aim to enhance autonomy. The paper closes by considering the objection that the Autonomy Thesis is overly permissive and allows many highly controversial procedures as legitimate parts of medicine.
- Subjects
OBJECTIONS (Evidence); CRITICISM
- Publication
Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, 2023, Vol 104, Issue 4, p720
- ISSN
0279-0750
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/papq.12437