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Category: Philosophy

Just One More Drugs Post, then I’ll Stop.

Posted on June 19, 2009

I can stop, you know.  Any time.  Honest. Perhaps as something of a counterbalance to the generally pro-decriminalisation stuff I’ve been posting for the past couple of months, it’s worth pointing to Alexandre Erler’s piece on the issue on the Practical Ethics blog.  The tone of the post is thoughtful and more sympathetic to the […]

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Blogosphere, Philosophy, Thinking Aloud15 Comments

Morgellons and Noble Lies

Posted on May 20, 2009

Here’s a poser: imagine that your patient comes to you reporting the canonical symptoms of a condition that is untreatable.  You agree that this patient is suffering from something, and that the reported symptoms tally with those that are reported by other sufferers.  However, the reason that the disease is untreatable is that – frankly […]

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