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Christian Erk
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PD Dr.
Last Name
Erk
First name
Christian
Email
christian.erk@unisg.ch
Phone
+41 71 224 7602
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PublicationHealth, rights and dignity : philosophical reflections on an alleged human rightHealth as a human right has become pervasive. It has been acknowledged by a variety of international law documents, which entered the political realm and academic circles. Yet, despite its prominence, health as a human right remains a mystery -especially with respect to its philosophical underpinnings. To address this unfortunate insufficiency, Health, Rights and Dignity critically assesses the stipulation that health is a human right, which-as international law holds-derives from the inherent dignity of the human person. The author scrutinies concepts underlying this stipulation (health, rights, dignity) and concludes that such a right cannot be upheld from a philosophical perspective.Type: book