Health Sciences 2610F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Performance-Enhancing Substance, Strychnine, Zero-Sum Game
14 Jul 2016
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A brief history of enhancement of human capacities. Cheating/unfairness: harm to self, others , the institution o o. Therapy has an ethical basis in the relationship between health and human flourishing : why do we want to get better? o. The sicker you are the harder it is (limitations) The purpose of therapy is to restore you to normality (or as close as possible: why do you get treatment? o. Interventions to help get you to a normal store: once in the range, the job is done. People use a drug to get to normal, but then continue on because they like the effects. Seems to serve the same purpose (make people"s lives easier) People all over the world were doing this independently. South america (peru) cocoa leaves (cocaine) o. Chewing it in your mouth will help with doing labor at high altitudes: don"t suffer from altitude sickness as much o.
