Along with valued colleagues at the Hillsdale Academy for Science and Freedom, the Ethics and Public Policy Center, and the Brownstone Institute, I recently published these essential principles.
How about you publish the Ethical Principals of "Individual Health." The idea that individual health is a public matter is what got us into this mess in the first place. Persisting to speak about individual healthcare in a "public healthcare" framework perpetuates false ideas that are in violation of and repugnant to concepts of natural law.
I'll help you all get started:
1) Every individual, in accordance with natural law, is entitled to absolute autonomy in decision making about his or her INDIVIDUAL health. There are no exceptions or circumstances where the natural law assuring individual autonomy does not apply INCLUDING cases of PRESCRIBED OR PERCEIVED "mental illness."
2) Government's only function in healthcare is to uphold and protect any man made and natural laws which ensure an individual's rights to make autonomous decisions in the interest of his or her INDIVIDUAL health.
3) Every individual is responsible for his or her own health. Charitable organizations which have opted to, as part of their mission, provide medical or other assistance to individuals in need of help are free to offer that aid to WILLING RECIPIENTS.
4) Every individual shall be treated as a unique being. There shall be no "one size fits all" medical recommendations or policies made, advocated or enforced by any governmental or other person, agency, object or entity. No government, person, agent, object or entity is lawfully entitled to impose any unwanted physical, mental, or spiritual anything on any INDIVIDUAL for any reason and especially not in the name of "public health."
That's a pretty good start, right? I'm sure others can contribute here also.
1. Privacy is a fundamental right guaranteed by the US Constitution. When the government gets all up in your business, without strict scrutiny and a compelling reason, stand up for your rights!
My druthers: No. 6 (informed consent) should be No. 1.
Thoughts: No's 7, 9, and 10 will never happen until the education of doctors changes. They're subjected to a psychological condition that raises arrogance in most of those who survive it. The effect on me over all the years leaves me instantly defensive when I visit the doctor, even since I've found one who retained his humanity.
How about you publish the Ethical Principals of "Individual Health." The idea that individual health is a public matter is what got us into this mess in the first place. Persisting to speak about individual healthcare in a "public healthcare" framework perpetuates false ideas that are in violation of and repugnant to concepts of natural law.
I'll help you all get started:
1) Every individual, in accordance with natural law, is entitled to absolute autonomy in decision making about his or her INDIVIDUAL health. There are no exceptions or circumstances where the natural law assuring individual autonomy does not apply INCLUDING cases of PRESCRIBED OR PERCEIVED "mental illness."
2) Government's only function in healthcare is to uphold and protect any man made and natural laws which ensure an individual's rights to make autonomous decisions in the interest of his or her INDIVIDUAL health.
3) Every individual is responsible for his or her own health. Charitable organizations which have opted to, as part of their mission, provide medical or other assistance to individuals in need of help are free to offer that aid to WILLING RECIPIENTS.
4) Every individual shall be treated as a unique being. There shall be no "one size fits all" medical recommendations or policies made, advocated or enforced by any governmental or other person, agency, object or entity. No government, person, agent, object or entity is lawfully entitled to impose any unwanted physical, mental, or spiritual anything on any INDIVIDUAL for any reason and especially not in the name of "public health."
That's a pretty good start, right? I'm sure others can contribute here also.
1. Privacy is a fundamental right guaranteed by the US Constitution. When the government gets all up in your business, without strict scrutiny and a compelling reason, stand up for your rights!
My druthers: No. 6 (informed consent) should be No. 1.
Thoughts: No's 7, 9, and 10 will never happen until the education of doctors changes. They're subjected to a psychological condition that raises arrogance in most of those who survive it. The effect on me over all the years leaves me instantly defensive when I visit the doctor, even since I've found one who retained his humanity.
Excellent work Doctor.
I would move #6 to #2 and flip its sentences. This a number one concept in my opinion!
2. Public health officials are ADVISORS, not rule setters, and
provide information and resources for individuals
to make informed decisions. Medical interventions should not be forced or
coerced upon a population, but rather should be
voluntary and based on informed consent.