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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.
Right to health. --- Health services accessibility. --- Access to health care --- Accessibility of health services --- Availability of health services --- Medical care --- Health care, Right to --- Health, Right to --- Medical care, Right to --- Right to health care --- Right to medical care --- Access --- Social rights --- Philosophy --- History of Philosophy --- Deontological ethics --- Dignity --- Human --- Human rights --- Moral rights --- Ontology --- Thomas Aquinas
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In this book, Christian Erk examines the ethical (im)permissibility of killing human beings in general and of selected killings in particular, namely suicide, lethal selfdefence, abortion and euthanasia, as well as organ transplantation and assisted suicide. He does so by addressing a range of important ethical questions: What does it mean to act? Of what elements is an action comprised? What is the difference between a good or evil action and a permissible or impermissible action? How can we determine whether an action is good or evil? Is there a moral duty not to kill? Is this duty held by and against all human beings or only persons? What and who is a person? What is human dignity and who has it? What is it that is actually taken when somebody is killed, i.e. what is life? And closely related to that: What and when is death? By integrating the answers to these questions into an argumentative architecture, the book offers a comprehensive exploration of one of the most fundamental questions of mankind: Under which conditions, if any, is killing human beings ethically permissible?
Right to life. --- Death --- Respect for life --- Right of life --- Right to life (International law) --- Human rights --- Moral and ethical aspects. --- Medical ethics. --- Biomedical ethics --- Clinical ethics --- Ethics, Medical --- Health care ethics --- Medical care --- Medicine --- Bioethics --- Professional ethics --- Nursing ethics --- Social medicine --- Moral and ethical aspects --- Philosophical anthropology --- Professional ethics. Deontology
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Political philosophy. Social philosophy --- General ethics --- Human rights
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In this book, Christian Erk examines the ethical (im)permissibility of killing human beings in general and of selected killings in particular, namely suicide, lethal selfdefence, abortion and euthanasia, as well as organ transplantation and assisted suicide. He does so by addressing a range of important ethical questions: What does it mean to act? Of what elements is an action comprised? What is the difference between a good or evil action and a permissible or impermissible action? How can we determine whether an action is good or evil? Is there a moral duty not to kill? Is this duty held by and against all human beings or only persons? What and who is a person? What is human dignity and who has it? What is it that is actually taken when somebody is killed, i.e. what is life? And closely related to that: What and when is death? By integrating the answers to these questions into an argumentative architecture, the book offers a comprehensive exploration of one of the most fundamental questions of mankind: Under which conditions, if any, is killing human beings ethically permissible?
Professional ethics. Deontology --- General ethics --- ethiek --- bio-ethiek --- medische ethiek --- Death --- Medical ethics. --- Right to life. --- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Diese Publikation befasst sich mit einer umstrittenen Handlungsstrategie zum Umgang mit dem chronischen Finanzierungsdefizit unserer Gesundheitswesen: der Rationierung anhand des Kriteriums Selbstverschulden.Wie argumentiert wird, ist die Rationierung nach Selbstverschulden grundsätzlich moralisch zulässig, jedoch nur in einer sehr begrenzten Anzahl von Fällen möglich. Deswegen sollte vom Einsatz dieses Rationierungskriteriums abgesehen werden. This work explores a controversial strategy for dealing with the chronic financial deficits in our health care system – namely, rationing based on the criterion of personal responsibility. It argues that while rationing by personal responsibility is basically morally permissible, it is only possible in a very limited number of instances. For this reason, the use of this rationing criterion should be rejected.
Health care rationing --- Deficit financing. --- Moral and ethical aspects.
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