Is homeopathy really 'morally and ethically unacceptable'? A critique of pure scientism.

Bioethics

Programme for Advanced Homeopathic Studies, London.

Published: November 2012

In this short response we show that Kevin Smith's moral and ethical rejections of homeopathy(1) are fallacious and rest on questionable epistemology. Further, we suggest Smith's presumption of a utilitarian stance is an example of scientism encroaching into medicine.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8519.2012.01948.xDOI Listing

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