1st Edition
In Defense of an Evolutionary Concept of Health Nature, Norms, and Human Biology
By Mahesh Ananth
Copyright 2008
254 Pages
by
Routledge
254 Pages
by
Routledge
254 Pages
by
Routledge
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One of the most controversial contemporary debates on the concept of health is the clash between the views of naturalists and normativists. Naturalists argue that, although health can be valued or disvalued, the concept of health is itself objective and value-free. In contrast, normativists argue that health is a contextual and value-laden concept, and that there is no possibility of a value-free... Read more
Contents: Foreword; Preface; Introduction to the concept of health: topic of study: the importance and priority of a concept of health; Boorse's critique of naturalist concepts of health; Boorse's critique of normative concepts of health; The function debate and the emergence of Boorse's concept of function; Boorse's concept of health; Boorse and his critics; An evolutionary concept of health; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
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Mahesh Ananth
