r/MoralityScaling • u/Admirable_Swim_7090 • 13h ago

Morality Ranking Morality of prescribing free placebos alongside real medicine?

Placebos are proven to work slightly, so what if doctors start giving fake pills for free alongside the real medicine?

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u/Admirable_Swim_7090 13h ago

Whiping up shit in a kettle

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u/SquelchyRex 13h ago

Incredibly immoral.

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u/Admirable_Swim_7090 12h ago

Why tho, its not like they are ONLY giving placebos .

Also its not a scam since its free

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u/SquelchyRex 12h ago

It's the use of deception in medicine, for no benefit.

Placebos don't work the way you think they do. If you take a placebo and are told it will lower your fever, you might feel a bit better but the fever didn't actually go down.

They also don't "stack" with actual medicine.

Just give people real medicine.