So many New Year’s resolutions are rooted in health goals. Healthy habits are so highly praised that trying to be healthy is practically seen as a moral obligation. Should it be?
Today’s episode, we consider:
* What’s at stake when we’re deciding whether being healthy should be a moral duty
* The arguments in favor of health as a duty
* Potential consequences of living in a world where health really does become a duty
Sources:
The Burden of Chronic Disease - PMC
Leading Causes of Death - FastStats
Trends in Multiple Chronic Conditions Among US Adults, By Life Stage, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2013–2023
Patients have an ethical obligation to their health
Personal responsibility within health policy: unethical and ineffective
On the person in personal health responsibility
A Philosophy of Health: Life as Reality, Health as a Universal Value
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