title: Is homeopathy really 'morally and ethically unacceptable'? A critique of pure scientism.
abstract: In this short response we show that Kevin Smith's moral and ethical rejections of homeopathy(1)  are fallacious and rest on questionable epistemology. Further, we suggest Smith's presumption of a utilitarian stance is an example of scientism encroaching into medicine.
authors.affiliation: Programme for Advanced Homeopathic Studies, London. lionel.milgrom@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Lionel
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Milgrom
authors.forename: Kate
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chatfield
mesh_terms: D006705:Homeopathy / Q000941:ethics*; D006801:Humans