What is Enough?: Sufficiency, Justice, and Health. - : Oxford University Press, 2016 / Fourie C. ; Rid A.
- ISBN 9780199385263
Number of pages
-
Number of pages
352
Publication form
Print - P
Language
eng - English
Country
GB - United Kingdom
Keywords
sufficientarianism ; intergenerational justice ; health care
Annotation
In this chapter, the implications of intergenerational sufficientarianism for health-related issues are discussed. First, the chapter presents intergenerational sufficientarianism and specifies three of its key features: moderate noncleronomicity, a qualified authorization to save and dissave, and two characteristics of its metrics. It also discusses two specific defenses of sufficientarianism in the intergenerational realm. Second, the chapter applies the sufficientarian framework with an isolationist approach to three health-related issues: patent length, eradication versus control, and antibiotic resistance. Finally, it discusses whether isolationism is more defensible in the case of intergenerational sufficientarianism than it could possibly be for other theories of justice.
