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Hanna Pickard

Hanna Pickard
Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Bioethics and Krieger-Eisenhower Professor at Johns Hopkins University
Psyche

What Would You Do Alone in a Cage With Nothing but Cocaine?

On self-identity and the philosophy of addiction

February 10, 2026 • by Hanna Pickard
Reader, I do not know who you are. In particular, I do not know whether you use drugs, whether you are addicted to drugs, or whether, in addition to being addicted to drugs, you identify as an addict. If you do identify as an addict, I hope to speak to ...
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