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Susan R. Holman: Beholden: religion, global health, and human rights

Oxford University Press, 2015, 301 pp, $27.95 (hardcover), ISBN: 978-0-1998-2776-3

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  1. One influential proposal, for example, argues that health is a special good of justice because it determines people’s normal functioning, and in turn, the Rawlsian principle of fair equality of opportunity [2]. Others argue for equality in terms of a sufficient level of human wellbeing, with health conceived as one of its several irreducible dimensions [3]. Still others seek equity with respect to human capabilities, including the capability to be healthy, which is seen as a crucial condition of human life [4–6].

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Kim, D.T. Susan R. Holman: Beholden: religion, global health, and human rights . Theor Med Bioeth 38, 83–87 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11017-016-9392-6

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