Capabilities and Incapabilities of the Capabilities Approach to Health Justice

This first part of this article critiques Sridhar Venkatapuram's conception of health as a capability. It argues that Venkatapuram relies on the problematic concept of dignity, implies that those who are unhealthy lack lives worthy of dignity (which seems politically incorrect), sets a low bar...

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1. VerfasserIn: Selgelid, Michael J. (VerfasserIn)
Beteiligte: Venkatapuram, Sridhar (VerfasserIn des Bezugswerks)
Medienart: Elektronisch Review
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Wiley-Blackwell [2016]
In: Bioethics
Jahr: 2016, Band: 30, Heft: 1, Seiten: 25-33
Rezension von:Health justice (Cambridge : Polity, 2011) (Selgelid, Michael J.)
RelBib Classification:NCH Medizinische Ethik
VA Philosophie
weitere Schlagwörter:B global bioethics
B Capabilities Approach
B Rezension
B Social Determinants of Health
B concept of disease
B health entitlement
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Zusammenfassung:This first part of this article critiques Sridhar Venkatapuram's conception of health as a capability. It argues that Venkatapuram relies on the problematic concept of dignity, implies that those who are unhealthy lack lives worthy of dignity (which seems politically incorrect), sets a low bar for health, appeals to metaphysically problematic thresholds, fails to draw clear connections between appealed-to capabilities and health, and downplays the importance/relevance of health functioning. It concludes by questioning whether justice entitlements should pertain to the capability for health versus health achievements, challenging Venkatapuram's claims about the strength of health entitlements, and demonstrating that the capabilities approach is unnecessary to address social determinants of health.
ISSN:1467-8519
Bezug:Kritik in "On Health Justice. Some Thoughts and Responses to Critics (2016)"
Enthält:Enthalten in: Bioethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/bioe.12222