Quote by Paul Farmer on Personal Responsibility and Self-Determination

„There is nothing wrong with underlining personal agency, but there is something unfair about using personal responsibility as a basis for assigning blame while simultaneously denying those who are being blamed the opportunity to exert agency in their lives“

Dr. Paul Edward FarmerPaul Farmer highlights the unfairness of assigning blame without allowing self-determination.
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Dr. Paul Edward Farmer was an American medical anthropologist and physician.

Paul Farmer reflects on personal responsibility and injustice regarding blame assignment and self-determination.


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Dr. Paul Edward Farmer was an American medical anthropologist and physician. He earned his doctorate at Harvard University and served there as a professor and head of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School. His work focused on global health and social justice in medicine.

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