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Ethics, Prevention, and Public Health

by Angus Dawson , Marcel Verweij
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9780199570539
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: OUP UK
  • Publisher Imprint: OUP UK
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 248
  • Original Price: GBP 33.99
  • Language: English
  • Edition: 1
  • Item Weight: 318 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Public Health

Public health is an important and fast-developing area of ethical discussion. In this volume a range of issues in public health ethics are explored using the resources of moral theory, political philosophy, philosophy of science, applied ethics, law, and economics.

The twelve original papers presented consider numerous ethical issues arise within public health ethics. To what extent can the public good or the public interest justify state interventions that impose limits upon the freedom of individuals? What role should the law play in regulating risks? Should governments actively aim to change our preferences about such things as food, smoking or physical exercise? What are public goods, and what role (if any) do they play in public health? To what extent do individuals have moral obligations to contribute to protecting the community or the public good? Where is it appropriate to concentrate upon prevention rather than cure? Given the fact that we cannot be protected from all harm, what sorts of harm provide a justification for public health action? What limits do we wish to place upon public health activities? How do we ensure that the interests of individuals are not set aside or forgotten in the pursuit of population benefits? An excellent line-up of authors from North America, Europe, and the UK tackle these questions.

Angus Dawson is Senior Lecturer in Ethics & Philosophy in the Centre for Professional Ethics at Keele University.

Marcel Verweij is Senior Researcher and Lecturer at the Ethics Institute at Utrecht University.

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