Health Justice: An Argument from the Capabilities Approach
Language: English
Published by Polity Pr, 2011
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- Title
- Health Justice: An Argument from the Capabilities Approach
- Author
- Venkatapuram, Sridhar/ Marmot, Michael, Sir (FRW)
- Publisher
- Polity Pr
- Publication year
- 2011
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 074565035X
- ISBN 13
- 9780745650357
"Venkatapuram presents a highly persuasive philosophical argument that the capability to be healthy needs to be recognized as a basic moral entitlement in the same way as other fundamental human rights ... This is a stimulating read which, while presenting a challenging philosophical argument, is rooted in the real world." Journal of Public Health
"Rich and inspiring" Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights
"Health Justice is a hugely important contribution to practical reason and to public policy. It presents an illuminating investigation of why the capability to be healthy is central to social justice, and identifies what can be done here and now to pursue that much neglected philosophical perspective." Amartya Sen, Harvard University
"Do not mistake Sridhar Venkatapuram's Health Justice for an arcane treatise of interest to a small number of political philosophers. It is, rather, a bold consideration of human entitlement to 'the capability to be healthy.' The book which illuminates a stubborn ‘blind spot' in modern political philosophy, is also a call to action: as Venkatapuram notes, theories of justice serve as both goal and guide, highlighting health disparities while also laying the moral groundwork for social change. I have no doubt that Health Justice will be required reading for philosophers and those interested in health disparities, but hope, too that it will be widely read by all those who formulate social policy - and by those, including physicians, who implement them." Dr. Paul Farmer, Harvard Medical School & Partners in Health
"A very impressive achievement. Sridhar Venkatapuram is uniquely placed to bring together the literature in political philosophy and social epidemiology to generate a very persuasive capability approach to health justice. This book is a major contribution to debates in the definition of health, in the capability approach to justice, and in global health ethics." Jonathan Wolff, University College London, and Director of the Centre for Philosophy, Justice and Health
"Health Justice is a crucial and impressive work. In contrast to earlier theorists, the author argues convincingly for a theory of social justice that recognizes people's moral right to the capability of being healthy. In his argument Venkatapuram combines a wealth of insights from various sources, such as philosophy of health and welfare, political science and economics. Thereby he makes a fascinating original contribution to the theory of health and welfare." Lennart Nordenfelt, Linköping University
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