{"podcast":{"title":"The Ethical Frontier","slug":"the-ethical-frontier-6723630","podcast_index_feed_id":6723630,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/e94a01fc/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://chenphilosophy.com","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/39039415/39039415-1719326529397-3545b8127000a.jpg","author":"Jason Chen","episode_count":97,"summary":"Interviews about ethics and other interesting topics.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-14T06:21:22.727423+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ethical-frontier-6723630"},"episode":{"title":"#93 - You Shouldn't Need a Prescription for Drugs | Jessica Flanigan","slug":"93-you-shouldn-t-need-a-prescription-for-drugs-jessica-flanigan","published_at":"2026-05-10T13:01:44+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ethical-frontier-6723630/93-you-shouldn-t-need-a-prescription-for-drugs-jessica-flanigan","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ethical-frontier-6723630","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/theethicalfrontier/episodes/93---You-Shouldnt-Need-a-Prescription-for-Drugs--Jessica-Flanigan-e3j5evh","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/e94a01fc/podcast/play/119765425/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-10%2F423853472-44100-2-7fc35ed83c6c3.mp3","summary":"You can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/chenphilosophy Jessica Flanigan is the Richard L. Morrill Chair in Ethics and Democratic Values at the University of Richmond. Website: https://jepson.richmond.edu/faculty/bios/jflaniga/ Book: https://a.co/d/3iv1vpm Summary:In Pharmaceutical Freedom, Jessica Flanigan defends patients' rights of self-medication. Flanigan argues that public officials should certify drugs instead of enforcing prohibitive pharmaceutical policies that disrespect people's rights to make intimate medical decisions and prevent patients from accessing potentially beneficial new therapies. This argument has revisionary implications for important and timely debates about medical paternalism, recreational drug legalization, human enhancement, prescription drug prices, physician-assisted suicide, and pharmaceutical marketing. The need for reform is especially urgent as medical treatment becomes increasingly personalized and patients advocate for the right to try.","meta_description":"You can support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/chenphilosophy Jessica Flanigan is the Richard L. Morrill Chair in Ethics and Democratic Values at…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3658,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-ethical-frontier-6723630/episodes/93-you-shouldn-t-need-a-prescription-for-drugs-jessica-flanigan/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ethical-frontier-6723630/93-you-shouldn-t-need-a-prescription-for-drugs-jessica-flanigan.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}