Health, rights and dignity : philosophical reflections on an alleged human right /
The idea that there is such a thing as a human right to health has become pervasive. It has not only been acknowledged by a variety of international law documents and thus entered the political realm but is also defended in academic circles. Yet, despite its prominence the human right to health rema...
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Frankfurt : Piscataway, NJ :
Ontos Verlag ; Transaction Books [distributor for North and South America],
2011
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| 260 | |a Frankfurt : |b Ontos Verlag, |c 2011 | ||
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| 502 | |a Doctoral thesis--University of Zurich, 2010 | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 346-385) | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a The human right to health : a pervasive but opaque idea -- The enigma of health -- Justice, dignity, rights and duties : the philosophy of human rights -- Health : a human right? | |
| 520 | |a The idea that there is such a thing as a human right to health has become pervasive. It has not only been acknowledged by a variety of international law documents and thus entered the political realm but is also defended in academic circles. Yet, despite its prominence the human right to health remains something of a mystery - especially with respect to its philosophical underpinnings. Addressing this unfortunate and intellectually dangerous insufficiency, this book critically assesses the stipulation that health is a human right which - as international law holds - derives from the inherent dignity of the human person. Scrutinising the concepts underlying this stipulation (health, rights, dignity), it shall conclude that such right cannot be upheld from a philosophical perspective | ||
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