Å leve et menneskeverdig liv - Martha Nussbaums globale helseetikk

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  • Odin Lysaker Associate Professor of Ethics, University of Agder, Norway

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5324/eip.v9i2.1871

Keywords:

Menneskeverd, menneskerettigheter, global helseetikk, Martha Nussbaum

Abstract

Nylig igangsatte FN Post-2015, sin nye utviklingsagenda. Sentralt er en global kamp for bedret helse, hvor det å leve et menneskeverdig liv står i sentrum. Imidlertid er forståelsen av selve helsebegrepet omstridt. Noen mener at det bør knyttes an til jus og menneskerettigheter, mens andre foreslår etikk og menneskeverd. Dette hviler i sin tur på motstridende menneskesyn i den globale helseetiske diskursen, nemlig mennesket som enten autonomt eller avhengig. I artikkelen analyserer jeg denne debatten ut fra det jeg hevder er Martha Nussbaums globale helseetikk, som baseres på hennes kapabilitetstilnærming så vel som begrep om ‘helse som livskvalitet’. Min konklusjon er at Nussbaums normative begrunnelse for Post-2015 ut fra et kroppslig forankret menneskeverd er det mest overbevisende av de to konkurrerende svarene.

Nøkkelord: global helseetikk, Martha Nussbaum, menneskeverd, menneskerettigheter, post-2015

English summary: Living a dignified life - Martha Nussbaum's global health ethics

The UN recently launched Post-2015, which is its new development agenda. Central here is the global struggle for improved health, in which what it takes to live a dignified life is stressed. However, the understanding of the notion of health is disputed. Some believe that it should be linked to law and the human rights, while others suggest ethics and human dignity. Which in turn rests on conflicting stands in the global health ethical discourse regards to the view of humanity, namely either as autonomous or dependent. In the paper I analyse this discourse, in which my point of departure is Martha Nussbaum’s capabilities approach as well as her concept of health as life quality. This I read exactly as a global health ethics. Thus, I conclude that between the two competing answers, Nussbaum’s normative justification for Post-2015 on the basis of bodily grounded human dignity is the most convincing.

Keywords: global health ethics, Martha Nussbaum, human dignity, human rights, Post-2015

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Odin Lysaker, Associate Professor of Ethics, University of Agder, Norway

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Published

2015-11-09

How to Cite

Lysaker, O. (2015). Å leve et menneskeverdig liv - Martha Nussbaums globale helseetikk. Etikk I Praksis - Nordic Journal of Applied Ethics, 9(2), 53-70. https://doi.org/10.5324/eip.v9i2.1871

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No. 2 (2015)

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