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Eric Mathison

Eric Mathison

Assistant Professor of Philosophy at University of Toronto Scarborough; bioethicist and clinical ethics consultant focused on medical autonomy, end-of-life care, and emerging technologies.

Jul 12, 2026

Imi Lo
Imi LoHOST
14:00
thank you yeah well that connects us back to the broad arguments you had earlier about what medicine is for and yeah that the healing view is false you said so your the alternative that you promoted was a value promotion what does that mean and what are you really proposing
14:21
think that the point of medicine is to help people pursue their own values.
14:28
So people care about different stuff.
14:30
Being healthy is a good that we care about because it lets us do other things.
14:35
But people care about health to different degrees.
14:38
Some people really want to be very healthy, live a long time, and they'll exercise, and they'll eat well, and they'll do all the things in pursuit of that.
14:49
And other people care about other things.

19 MINS LATER

Imi Lo
Imi LoHOST
33:49
are aware of that one.

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