Abolitionism (bioethics) - Literature Relating To The Abolitionist Project

Literature Relating To The Abolitionist Project

  • Responses to commonly raised objections about the abolitionist project
  • The Hedonistic Imperative
  • Buddhism and Abolitionism
  • Critique of Huxley's Brave New World
  • Utopian Surgery: Early Arguments Against Anaesthesia in Surgery, Dentistry and Childbirth
  • Utopian Pharmacology: Mental Health in the Third Millennium, MDMA and Beyond
  • Would You Be Happier If You Were Richer? (pdf)

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