Against the Sale of Homeopathy (and Other Ineffective Medicines)
消费者每年花费数十亿美元购买顺势疗法产品，但证据表明这些产品无效。本文论证其不应被销售，因为产品未能满足购买者的期望，并讨论了禁止销售的实际困难。
Consumers spend billions of dollars per year on homeopathic products. But there is powerful evidence that these products don’t work, i.e., they are not medically effective. Should homeopathic products be for sale? I give reason for thinking that the answer is ‘no.’ It has been suggested that the sale of homeopathic products involves deception. This might be so in some cases, but the problem is simpler: it is that these products don’t do what people buy them to do. More precisely, homeopathic products don’t meet the “desire-satisfaction condition,” according to which products for sale in markets should satisfy the desires that people buy them to satisfy. I defend my view against objections, and conclude by acknowledging some of the practical difficulties of banning products people want to buy.