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Moral and Ethical Aspects in CET

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This chapter presents some ethical challenges in evolutionary therapies, such as working with religious patients or with patients of various sexual orientations, as well as strategies of selecting fitness goals that are both appropriate for a patient and free of conflict with societal norms.

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  1. Department of Psychology, University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania

    Cezar Giosan

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Giosan, C. (2020). Moral and Ethical Aspects in CET. In: Cognitive Evolutionary Therapy for Depression. SpringerBriefs in Psychology(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38874-4_6

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