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Capability to Health, Health Agency and Vulnerability
Bioethics (forthcoming)
Abstract
In this paper, I challenge the argument that if we take health to be a meta-capability, we will be able to address the vulnerabilities that characterize human life. Instead, I argue that some vulnerabilities, like that attached to being a patient, can not be successfully addressed.Other Versions
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