Health Policy and Ethics: A Catholic Contribution in a Pluralistic Society

Autor:	Paul Flaman
Rok vydání:	2010
Předmět:	Philosophy Government Health Policy Law Public policy Foundation (evidence) Environmental ethics Sociology Human values Public health policy Health policy Ethical analysis
Zdroj:	The Linacre Quarterly. 77:256-279
ISSN:	2050-8549 0024-3639
DOI:	10.1179/002436310803888673
Popis:	Health policy generally seeks to improve the overall health of people in society. Since public health policy involves human values, decisions, and actions, it is inescapably ethical. In recent years there has been a growing awareness of the need for a systematic approach to the ethical analysis of public policy. Some government health-policy statements attempt to provide ethical frameworks. In our pluralistic societies, however, these tend to be pragmatic and lack a solid grounding in an adequate understanding of the human person. This could lead to justifying what is popular rather than what is ethical. This article attempts to show how a Catholic moral approach, which provides a solid foundation for ethics, can make a significant contribution to a discussion of health-policy ethics in a pluralistic society.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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