title: The rhetorician's craft, distinctions in science, and political morality.
abstract: In his response to Szasz' Secular Humanism and Scientific Psychiatry, the author considers the use of rhetorical devices in Szasz' work, Szasz' avoidance of acknowledging psychiatry's scientific distinctions, and Szaszian libertarianism versus liberalism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX 75390-9070, USA. John.Sadler@UTSouthwestern.edu.
authors.forename: John Z
authors.initials: JZ
authors.lastname: Sadler
mesh_terms: D032763:Behavior Control / Q000941:ethics; D002961:Civil Rights; D003068:Coercion; D003134:Commitment of Persons with Psychiatric Disorders; D005610:Freedom; D006801:Humans; D007298:Insanity Defense; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D028642:Persons with Psychiatric Disorders; D011056:Political Systems; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000941:ethics; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs; D011640:Public Policy
chemical_list: D011619:Psychotropic Drugs