Open AccessWorking Order: Health, Personal Responsibility, and Rights in an Age of Limited Agency.
Author(s) -
Mark Crouch
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
christian journal for global health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.101
H-Index - 1
ISSN - 2167-2415
DOI - 10.15566/cjgh.v6i1.261
Subject(s) - contradiction , order (exchange) , moral responsibility , agency (philosophy) , human rights , human health , social responsibility , right to health , natural (archaeology) , environmental ethics , political science , law , sociology , law and economics , public relations , business , epistemology , medicine , environmental health , social science , history , philosophy , archaeology , finance
A seeming contradiction exists between the approach to health as a fundamental human right or as the natural consequence of human responsibility. This paper investigates a Christian approach to health attempting to reconcile these disparate views. The Biblical basis of human responsibility for health is considered as well as the greater forces affecting the health choices of individuals and communities. Ultimately, a combined approach or "working order" toward the fundamental right to health based on human responsibility is attempted.