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Value Rationality or Instrumental Rationality:a Dilemma in Modern Medicine

XU Xi-jin

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Ours is an era with rapid technological and economic development,followed by a material desire expansion,which is also reflected in modern medicine: excessive development of instrumental rationality and neglect of value rationality.This has brought about serious practical problems.To promote the healthy growth of modern medicine and the realization of a harmonious society,it is necessary to integrate the two kinds of rationality to some extent,thus promoting the progress of socialist civilization.

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Ours is an era with rapid technological and economic development,followed by a material desire expansion,which is also reflected in modern medicine: excessive development of instrumental rationality and neglect of value rationality.This has brought about serious practical problems.To promote the healthy growth of modern medicine and the realization of a harmonious society,it is necessary to integrate the two kinds of rationality to some extent,thus promoting the progress of socialist civilization.

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Ours is an era with rapid technological and economic development,followed by a material desire expansion,which is also reflected in modern medicine: excessive development of instrumental rationality and neglect of value rationality.This has brought about serious practical problems.To promote the healthy growth of modern medicine and the realization of a harmonious society,it is necessary to integrate the two kinds of rationality to some extent,thus promoting the progress of socialist civilization.

Key concepts: Rationality, Dilemma, Value (mathematics), Civilization, Neglect, Modern medicine, Positive economics, Realization (probability)

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