Jonathan Wolff

The Human Right to Health (Norton Global Ethics Series)

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A broad-ranging, insightful analysis of the complex practical and ethical issues involved in global health.”—Kirkus ReviewsFew topics in human rights have inspired as much debate as the right to health. Proponents would enshrine it as a fundamental right on a par with freedom of speech and freedom from torture. Detractors suggest that the movement constitutes an impractical over-reach. Jonathan Wolff cuts through the ideological stalemate to explore both views. In an accessible, persuasive voice, he explores the philosophical underpinnings of the idea of a human right, assesses whether health meets those criteria, and identifies the political… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-393-08329-3
EAN: 9780393083293
Produktnummer: 34246476
Verlag: W. W. Norton & Company
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
Seitenangabe: 208 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 264 KB

Über den Autor

Jonathan Wolff is the Alfred Landecker Professor of Values and Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford. His books include Robert Nozick: Property, Justice, and the Minimal State (1991), An Introduction to Political Philosophy (1996, 3rd ed. 2016), Why Read Marx Today? (2002), Disadvantage (with Avner de-Shalit) (2007), Ethics and Public Policy (2011, 2nd ed. 2020), and The Human Right to Health (2012). He has been a member of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics, and has worked on questions of the ethics of risk and the valuation of life and health with the railway and pharmaceutical industries in the UK, as well as the government. He writes a regular column for the Guardian newspaper.