You see someone smoking a cigarette and say,“Smoking is bad for your health,” when what
you mean is,“You are a bad person because you smoke.” You encounter someone whose …

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 …

This essay explores the effects of morality on health policy. Moral images and stereotypes, I
argue, have powerful political consequences. They are the difference between fighting …

This book focuses upon the way that the new public health, almost in spite of its own rhetoric
and objectives, continues to rely upon a traditionally modernist, science-based approach to …

The first edition of The Struggle for Health was published in 1985 and was widely acclaimed
by those seeking a broader and deeper political understanding of ill health, beyond the …

We typically assume that the standard for what is beautiful lies in the eye of the beholder. Yet
this is not the case when we consider morality; what we deem morally good is not usually a …

52 SOCIETY®• SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2006 symposium from the right and duty of
choosing its own values.” According to Wootton, the shifting of the boundary between …

Justice is so central to the mission of public health that it has been described as the field's
core value. This account of justice stresses the fair disbursement of common advantages …

What are the goals of health promotion and the most apropriate means of achieving them?
The prevailing view is that these goals are to prolong life and reduce mortality rates. Since …

Directed at a diverse audience of students, legal and public health practitioners, and anyone
interested in understanding what human rights-based approaches (HRBAs) to health and …