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A Philosophical Approach to the Opioid Addiction Crisis: Advocating for Mandatory Rehabilitation in the Spirit of American Freedom

Thesis advisor: Marius Stan / This thesis explores America's Opioid addiction crisis through a philosophical lens, arguing for a need to adopt a national mandatory rehabilitative approach for the sake of maintaining our country's cultural ethos grounded in freedom and the subsequent capacity to flourish as a human being. It proceeds in four chapters: the development of our cultural ethos through an analysis of John Locke and J.S. Mill, the history of the opioid addiction crisis and development of the two dominant addiction theories, America's current measures to tackling the crisis, and the proposal of a new approach that recovers addicts' freedom and ability to flourish. The work concludes by arguing for the importance of using philosophical principles and interpretations to guide problem solving and tackling current crises. / Thesis (BA) — Boston College, 2023. / Submitted to: Boston College. College of Arts and Sciences. / Discipline: Departmental Honors. / Discipline: Philosophy.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:BOSTON/oai:dlib.bc.edu:bc-ir_109732
Date January 2023
CreatorsRobinson, Samantha
PublisherBoston College
Source SetsBoston College
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeText, thesis
Formatelectronic, application/pdf
RightsCopyright is held by the author, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise noted.

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