
Neuroethics, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 17(3)
Опубликована: Авг. 24, 2024
Abstract This essay engages with the (re)emergence of psychedelic medicine and idea psychedelics drugs experiences they induce as a developing therapeutic modality. It does so in context provision to terminally ill patients experiencing existential distress approach end their lives. Reflecting on such suggestions facilitates an examination specific aspect and/ (or palliative care), namely questions meaning meaninglessness. Understood impacting one’s ability make or realise life, commonly entails degree demoralisation. In some cases, individuals can be thought inhabiting (and being inhabited by) sense contrast, seem are often imbued great deal meaning, which seems continue long after psychoactive effects have ceased. Whilst briefly considering whether not properly matter for healthcare medical concern, this paper seeks highlight implications that advent might have. By way conclusion, I enjoin bioethics recognising itself meaningful cultural discourse is implicated future(s) medicine, human.
Язык: Английский