Morality and Health

by Allan M. Brandt

Book Overview

From the castigation and stigmatization of victims of AIDS to our celebration of diet, exercise and fitness, the moral categorization of health and disease reflects contemporary notions that disease results from moral failure and that health is the representation of moral triumph. Ranging across academic disciplines and historical time periods, the essays in Morality and Health offer a compelling assessment of the powerful role of moral systems for...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415915821
• ISBN13: 9780415915823
• Release Date: August 1997
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 426 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"