CURE Quote
Bentham did careful analyses of punishments (see punishment). He regarded punishment as pain and therefore an evil requiring justification. He rejected the retributive theory that criminals deserve pain. The pain must be justified by forward-looking results such as deterrence. There are cases, he argued, in which punishment outweighs the mischief it is to cure; cases in which it is ineffective, such as insanity cases in which the mischief can be prevented by a cheaper method, such as education
— Edited by Hugh LaFollette, The International Encyclopedia of Ethics, 2014Archives
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Can Rich People Buy Healthiness?
Interesting questions, and intereting anwers about money and health. Can rich people buy healthiness? Check it out on Personal Health Freedom’s blog.
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Visualizing Health
Spread your arms as wide as you can. Imagine your presence extending from genetics, in your left hand accross your body, to the nutrients that build your cells and tissues, your organs, your bodily systems – to your body in the … Continue reading
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Healthicine book launch: The Arts and Sciences of Health and Healthiness
After several years researching and writing about the concepts of health and healthiness, as opposed to illness, I have consolidated many of the concepts from this site and the sister site: PersonalHealthFreedom, into a book that provides a foundation for … Continue reading
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Do you need a medicine, or a healthicine?
Healthicines increase healthiness. Medicines decrease illness. It’s easy to say, but it can be very difficult to understand clearly. Are “alternative medicines” healthicines or medicines? Are vitamins healthicines, or medicines? Are herbal medicines healthicines or medicines. Let’s begin with some simple … Continue reading
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Community Healthiness: the Origins of Sin and Virtue, Love and Hate, Freedom and Prison
I read a beautiful quote on Quora the other day, from a five year old. Her father had asked “How do we show someone we love them?”, and she responded “We play with them.” I love it! We sing, dance, … Continue reading
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