title: The instrumental rationality of addiction.
abstract: The claim that non-addictive drug use is instrumental must be distinguished from the claim that its desired ends are evolutionarily adaptive or easy to comprehend. Use can be instrumental without being adaptive or comprehensible. This clarification, together with additional data, suggests that Müller & Schumann's (M&S's) instrumental framework may explain addictive, as well as non-addictive consumption.
authors.affiliation: Oxford Centre for Neuroethics, Department of Philosophy, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 1PT; All Souls College, Oxford OX1 4AL; Complex Needs Service, Oxford Health NHS Trust, Oxford OX4 1XE, United Kingdom. h.pickard@gmail.com http://www.philosophy.ox.ac.uk/members/hanna_pickard.
authors.forename: Hanna
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Pickard
mesh_terms: D055030:Drug Users / Q000523:psychology*; D058999:Drug-Seeking Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D011582:Psychological Theory; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000187:drug effects*; D012651:Self Medication / Q000523:psychology*