Drug Addiction and Personal Responsibility

This project examines drug addiction and personal responsibility from the perspective of three different types of theories of addiction: full responsibility, diminished responsibility, and no responsibility. The rational theory of addiction is the fully responsibility theory. The philosophical insig...

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Main Author:	Reagan, Andrew Shawn
Format:	Others
Published:	Digital Archive @ GSU 2009
Subjects:	drug addiction personal responsibility Philosophy
Online Access:	http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/philosophy_theses/63 http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1065&context=philosophy_theses

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spelling	ndltd-GEORGIA-oai-digitalarchive.gsu.edu-philosophy_theses-10652013-04-23T03:23:20Z Drug Addiction and Personal Responsibility Reagan, Andrew Shawn This project examines drug addiction and personal responsibility from the perspective of three different types of theories of addiction: full responsibility, diminished responsibility, and no responsibility. The rational theory of addiction is the fully responsibility theory. The philosophical insights by R. Jay Wallace and George Graham are the diminished responsibility theories. Berridge and Robinson’s Incentive Salience theory of drug addiction is the no responsibility theory examined. My conclusion is that diminished responsibility frameworks are the most suitable in a therapeutic context because they are most sensitive to relevant normative aspects. 2009-04-04 text application/pdf http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/philosophy_theses/63 http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1065&context=philosophy_theses Philosophy Theses Digital Archive @ GSU drug addiction personal responsibility Philosophy
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description	This project examines drug addiction and personal responsibility from the perspective of three different types of theories of addiction: full responsibility, diminished responsibility, and no responsibility. The rational theory of addiction is the fully responsibility theory. The philosophical insights by R. Jay Wallace and George Graham are the diminished responsibility theories. Berridge and Robinson’s Incentive Salience theory of drug addiction is the no responsibility theory examined. My conclusion is that diminished responsibility frameworks are the most suitable in a therapeutic context because they are most sensitive to relevant normative aspects.
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