RT Journal Article
T1 Doctor, please make me freer: capabilities enhancement as a goal of medicine
A1 Rueda, Jon
A1 García-Barranquero, Pablo
A1 Lara, Francisco
K1 Biomedicina
AB Biomedical innovations are making possible the enhancement of human capabilities. There are two philosophical stanceson the role that medicine should play in this respect. On the one hand, naturalism rejects every medical intervention thatgoes beyond preventing and treating disease. On the other hand, welfarism advocates enhancements that foster subjectivewell-being. We will show that both positions have considerable shortcomings. Consequently, we will introduce a third characterization in which therapies and enhancements can be reconciled with the legitimate objectives of medicine inasmuch asthey improve the capabilities that enable the freedom to pursue personal well-being.
PB Springer
YR 2021
FD 2021-04-09
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/32655
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/32655
LA spa
NO Rueda, J., García-Barranquero, P. & Lara, F. Doctor, please make me freer: Capabilities enhancement as a goal of medicine. Med Health Care and Philos 24, 409–419 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11019-021-10016-5
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 14 abr 2026