Research Catalog

Title

Action, ability, and health : essays in the philosophy of action and welfare / by Lennart Nordenfelt.

Author

Nordenfelt, Lennart.

Publication

Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, c2000.

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Description

xvii, 173 p.; 25 cm.

Summary

"This book is a contribution to the general philosophy of action and the philosophy of welfare. The author makes separate analyses of concepts such as action, ability, interaction, action-explanation, happiness, health, illness and disability. At the same time he explores and substantiates the idea of a strong interdependence between the concept of action and some of the central concepts of welfare, in particular health and illness and related concepts. As a result he shows how the conceptual network of human welfare could be constructed."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

International library of ethics, law, and the new medicine ; v. 1

Uniform Title

International library of ethics, law, and the new medicine v. 1.

Subject

• Health Services
• Ethics, Medical
• Attitude to Health
• Philosophy, Medical
• Medical care > Philosophy
• Medical ethics
• Action theory
• Act (Philosophy)

Genre/Form

Collected Work

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-170) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Part I: Action Theory -- 1. Towards an ontology of episodes -- 2. Towards an analysis of the concept of action -- 3. On complex actions: accomplishments and projects -- 4. On the explanation and determination of actions -- 5. On the logical form of action-explanations -- 6. On the logical form of interaction -- 7. Towards a theory of ability and disability -- Part II: Action-Theory as a Basis for the Theories of Health and Welfare -- 8. On the notion of health as ability -- 9. On the concepts of vital goal and happiness -- 10. On the multiplicity of health concepts -- Part III: Action-Theoretic Applications in the Theory of Health and Health Care -- 11. On the technical notions of disability and handicap: the WHO context -- 12. On the complexity of autonomy -- 13. A sketch for a theory of health enhancement -- 14. On the role of compulsion in mental illness: The case of forensic psychiatry -- Part IV: Summary of Basic Concepts.

ISBN

0792362063 (HB : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^00024916^

OCLC

• 43445748
• SCSB-12813654

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library