Ronald W. Dworkin

Ronald W. Dworkin is an anesthesiologist and political scientist. He has taught in the George Washington University Honors program, and is the author of four books and numerous magazine essays.

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A deflated yellow smiley face balloon on a dirty road.

Selling Happiness Through Illusions

The caring industry’s wellness and positivity products cannot provide self-esteem to those who do not already have it.

Ronald W. Dworkin

30 Aug 2024 · 15 min read

The Radical Humanitarian Doctrine

Those who demand an end to all suffering at any cost exhibit a utopian foolishness.

Ronald W. Dworkin

14 Nov 2023 · 10 min read

Hope, Trust, and Religious Faith

In the 1990s, religious Americans embraced science’s re-definition of spirituality. They would be unwise to repeat this mistake.

Ronald W. Dworkin

17 Jan 2023 · 11 min read

The New Prohibition

The neuroscientific model of addiction is at odds with our freedom to experience the sensual life.

Ronald W. Dworkin

25 Jul 2022 · 10 min read

The Ideological Aversion to Harm Reduction

Putting a patient under general anesthesia is a dangerous business. Waking a patient up from anesthesia is an ugly one. After I turn off the gas the patient typically thrashes and writhes like a sinner in Hell. Yet such resistance has never bothered me. I don’t want good and

Ronald W. Dworkin

17 Mar 2022 · 9 min read