[What kind of society do we want?].
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tion. Why put the point that way? Because one path leads to an abundant life, and the other is a dishonest, if elaborate, form of suicide. Stewards distinguish themselves first by accepting responsibility, and then by acting on that responsibility to preserve, protect, and nurture something precious, through recurrent threats, for the purpose of delivering that precious thing to future generations. Who may confer and who must accept responsibility for stewardship of our health resources and the health of our population? Some libertarians today argue that society is a myth, that no one has responsibility for the outcome of hundreds of millions of health-related decisions, and that anyone who asserts such responsibility and tries to act upon it is both an arrogant tyrant and an existential threat to the essential freedoms upon which our nation was founded. Nothing (and no tiny group of argumentative people) has ever been more profoundly wrong. Thomas Jefferson, that true student and teacher of liberty, amended John Locke’s famous trilogy (life, liberty, and estate) and wrote that all people have an inalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Jefferson also wrote: “Liberty is to the collective body, what health is to every individual body. Without health no pleasure can be tasted by man; without liberty, no happiness can be enjoyed by society.” What does the right to life mean if one does not also have access to known and widely available life-preserving and life-enhancing diagnoses and treatments? How can one meaningfully pursue any individual definition of happiness if one cannot afford essential care for a sick child, a breadwinner, or a disabled spouse or parent? In short, what is life and happiness without health? At the same time, what is happiness if “too much” of your hard-earned income or wealth is taxed away, even it is taxed to pay for the critical needs of others? Especially if “too much” is defined subjectively (as it must be in the end), based on one’s personal understanding of the facts?
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Krankenpflege. Soins infirmiers
دوره 87 12 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1994