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In Defense of an Evolutionary Concept of Health - Couverture souple

Ananth, Mahesh

 
9781138356085: In Defense of an Evolutionary Concept of Health
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1138356085 ISBN 13 : 9781138356085
Editeur : Routledge, 2022

Synopsis

One of the most controversial contemporary debates on the concept of health is the clash between the views of naturalists and normativists. Naturalists argue that, although health can be valued or disvalued, the concept of health is itself objective and value-free. In contrast, normativists argue that health is a contextual and value-laden concept, and that there is no possibility of a value-free understanding of health. This debate has fueled many of the, often very acrimonious, disputations arising from the claims of health, disease and disability activists and charities and the public policy responses to them. In responding to this debate, Ananth both surveys the existing literature, with special focus on the work of Christopher Boorse, and argues that a naturalistic concept of health, drawing on evolutionary considerations associated with biological function, homeostasis, and species-design, is defensible without jettisoning norms in their entirety.

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Mahesh Ananth

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Éditeur
Routledge
Date d'édition
2022
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1138356085
ISBN 13 
9781138356085
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
254
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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