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2 - Healthcare As Eugenics

from Part I - Disability: Definitions and Theories

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 April 2020

I. Glenn Cohen
Affiliation:
Harvard Law School, Massachusetts
Carmel Shachar
Affiliation:
Harvard Law School, Massachusetts
Anita Silvers
Affiliation:
San Francisco State University
Michael Ashley Stein
Affiliation:
Harvard Law School, Massachusetts
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In his classic work Just Healthcare, Norman Daniels speaks about the role of healthcare institutions in supporting fair equality of opportunity: such institutions seek to prevent, restore, and compensate for loss of “normal species functioning.” Daniels understands “normal species functioning” as functioning without disease. He assumes that individuals whose normal functioning cannot be restored are outside the normal opportunity range and have severe physical or mental disabilities. Healthcare institutions that provide supportive care to these individuals fall outside the bounds of justice.

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Print publication year: 2020

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