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Doctor, please make me freer: capabilities enhancement as a goal of medicine Rueda, Jon García-Barranquero, Pablo Lara, Francisco Biomedicina Biomedical innovations are making possible the enhancement of human capabilities. There are two philosophical stances on the role that medicine should play in this respect. On the one hand, naturalism rejects every medical intervention that goes beyond preventing and treating disease. On the other hand, welfarism advocates enhancements that foster subjective well-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 as they improve the capabilities that enable the freedom to pursue personal well-being. 2024-09-19T09:30:47Z 2024-09-19T09:30:47Z 2024-09-19T09:30:47Z 2021-04-09 journal article 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 https://hdl.handle.net/10630/32655 10.1007/s11019-021-10016-5 spa open access Springer