Addiction is not an affliction: Addictive desires are merely pleasure-oriented desires
American Journal of Bioethics 7 (1):29 – 32 (2007)
| Abstract | The author comments on the article “The neurobiology of addiction: Implications for voluntary control of behavior,‘ by S. E. Hyman. Hyman presents that addiction is a brain disease or a moral condition. The authors present that addiction is a strong preference, similar to appetitive preferences. They state that addiction is merely a form of pleasure-seeking. The authors conclude that the problem of addiction is the problem of the management of pleasure, not treatment of a disease. Accession Number: 24077914; Authors: Foddy, Bennett 1; Email Address: bennett@foddy.net Savulescu, Julian 2; Affiliations: 1: University of Melbourne, Monash University, Australia; 2: University of Oxford; Subject: EDITORIALS; Subject: ADDICTIONS; Subject: HYMAN, S. E.; Subject: BRAIN -- Diseases; Subject: PLEASURE; Subject: NEUROBIOLOGY; Subject: BEHAVIOR; Number of Pages: 4p | |||||||||
| Keywords | EDITORIALS ADDICTIONS HYMAN, S. E. BRAIN -- Diseases PLEASURE NEUROBIOLOGY BEHAVIOR | |||||||||
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