Findings from University of London Broaden Understanding of Public Health (Public Health Ethics: a Flawed View of Kant’s Argument From Autonomy)

2021 FEB 15 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- Fresh data on Health and Medicine - Public Health are presented in a new report. According to news originating from London, United Kingdom, by NewsRx editors, the research stated, “This work explores the concept of morality as self-governing autonomy that has its origins in Immanuel Kant’s ethics. It investigates how a mistaken view of Kant’s ethics underpins a strand of debate in public health policy that is used to justify individual responsibility for health and well-being. Literature review.”

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from the University of London, “Applying a mistaken view of Kant’s ethics to current day public health problems is inappropriate. The work discusses the social determinants of health and the call by some in the field to adopt a Kantian approach to tackle the problems of poor health resulting from lifestyle choices.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “The paper ends by arguing for a public health policy that is grounded in collaboration and for the adoption of Health in All Policies (HiAP).”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Public Health Ethics: a Flawed View of Kant’s Argument From Autonomy. Journal of Public Health, 2020;42(4). Journal of Public Health can be contacted at: Oxford University Press, Great Clarendon St, Oxford OX2 6DP, England. (Oxford University Press - http://www.oup.com/; Journal of Public Health - jpubhealth.oxfordjournals.org)

The news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained from Una P. Canning, University of London, Heythrop College, Dept Theol, 17 Arthurdon Rd, London SE4 1JT, United Kingdom.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdz164. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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