Justice and Solidarity: Compound, Confound, Confuse

• Authors: Nys Thomas
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In response to Ruud ter Meulen’s contribution, it is argued that, although the relationship between these concepts is both tight and complex, solidarity should be carefully distinguished from justice. Although ter Meulen wants to defend a normative conception of solidarity, the relation to its descriptive component is not always very clear. As a normative concept it should not collapse into that of justice; and as a descriptive notion it is obviously defective. In order to successfully navigate between these unhappy alternatives, ter Meulen rightfully turns to critical theory. But then it is still not entirely clear how the normative considerations that ter Meulen wants to defend follow from this promising framework.

Keywords

EN

justice; solidarity; critical theory; health care; health insurance

• Publisher: Instytut Filozofii - Uniwersytet Jagielloński
• Journal: Diametros
• Year: 2015
• Issue: Diametros 43
• Pages: 72-78

Dates

published

2015-03

Contributors

author

Nys Thomas

• Faculty of Humanities University of Amsterdam

References

• R. ter Meulen, “Solidarity and Justice in Health Care. A Critical Analysis of Their Relationship,” Diametros (43) 2015, p. 1–20.
• E. Schokkaert, “Warm en koud: Solidariteit en verantwoordelijkheid in de ziektverzekering,” Ethische Perspectieven 8 (3) 1998, p. 135–146.

Notes

EN

Special Topic - Solidarity and Justice in Health Care

Identifiers

DOI

dx.doi.org/10.13153/diam.43.2015.716