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Thursday 7/26

Thursday 7/26

Paternalism and Autonomy

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  • Gerald Dworkin, "Paternalism"
  • Mack Lipkin, "On Telling Patients the Truth"

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  • Dworkin's Argument
  • The Practical Impossibility Argument
  • The Irrational Patient and the Placebo Arguments

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