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

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Bioethics 26 (9):501-503 (2012)
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In this short response we show that Kevin Smith's moral and ethical rejections of homeopathy1 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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10.1111/j.1467-8519.2012.01948.x

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