Global Health and Non-Ideal Justice  

Oleh:

Sreenivasan, Gopal

Jenis: Article from Books - E-Book
Dalam koleksi: The Cambridge Textbook of Bioethics, page 369-376.
Topik: Obligations of International Distributive Justice; Global Health; Non-Ideal Theory; Obligation Work
Fulltext: Global Health and Non-Ideal Justice.pdf (283.89KB)

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International inequalities in life expectancy are simply staggering. Ten countries, all in sub-Saharan Africa, have average life expectancies at birth that are, like Zambia’s, 25 years or more below the global average (and 40 years or more below that for Japan). In 33 countries, all but two in sub-Saharan Africa, life expectancy at birth is 15 years or more below the global average. Intuitively, these inequalities in basic life prospects seem plainly unjust. But can this intuitive conviction be vindicated by an argument? If present international inequalities in life expectancy are unjust, what obligations do rich nations – or their individual citizens – have to remedy the injustice? This chapter offers answers to both questions.

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