Herring Jonathan
a Exeter College, University of Oxford , UK.
New Bioeth. 2016 Apr;22(1):18-32. doi: 10.1080/20502877.2016.1151255.
This article challenges the assumptions that underpin many discussions about health. In particular the view that healthy people are autonomous, self-sufficient and contained. It will argue that in our nature humans are, and should be, vulnerable, interdependent and caring. Health must be understood in a way which recognises that. We should not hide from the precarious, leaky, relational aspect of our bodies, but rejoice in them.
本文对许多关于健康的讨论所依据的假设提出了质疑。特别是那种认为健康的人是自主、自给自足且独立的观点。本文将论证，从本质上讲，人类是且应该是脆弱、相互依存且有爱心的。必须以一种认识到这一点的方式来理解健康。我们不应回避身体不稳定、易渗漏、相互关联的方面，而应为此感到欣喜。
