The Being and Value of Health

by Sander Werkhoven

The principle aim of this thesis is to provide an account of the nature of

health. The starting-point is that health is a normative concept: health

implies a standard or norm in relation to which an organism's state is

evaluated. Many philosophers take this to imply that health must be

defined in subjective terms. They either think health consists in a certain

type of subjective experience (e.g. Canguilhem, Fulford),...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1835205224
• ISBN13: 9781835205228
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: Sander Werkhoven
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"