Solidarity: A Local, Partial and Reflective Emotion

• Authors: Heyd David
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Solidarity is analysed in contradistinction from two adjacent concepts - justice and sympathy. It is argued that unlike the other two, it is essentially local (rather than universal), partial (rather than impartial) and reflective (an emotion mediated by belief and ideology, interest and common cause). Although not to be confused with justice, solidarity is presented as underlying any contract-based system of justice, since it defines the contours of the group within which the contract is taking place. Finally, due to the fact that health is a typically universal value and being a primary good it is something which should be distributed justly, solidarity seems not to have any central role in bioethics.

Keywords

EN

solidarity; justice; sympathy; bioethics; ter Meulen

• Publisher: Instytut Filozofii - Uniwersytet Jagielloński
• Journal: Diametros
• Year: 2015
• Issue: Diametros 43
• Pages: 55-64

Dates

published

2015-03

Contributors

author

Heyd David

• Department of Philosophy The Hebrew University

References

• S.A. Butler, “A Dialectic of Cooperation and Competition: Solidarity and Health Care Provision,” Bioethics (26) 2012, p. 351–360.
• D. Heyd, “Justice and Solidarity: The Contractarian Case against Global Justice,” Journal of Social Philosophy (38) 2007, p. 112–130.
• O. Lev, “Will Biomedical Enhancements Undermine Solidarity, Responsibility, Equality and Autonomy?” Bioethics (25) 2011, p. 177–184.
• R. ter Meulen, “Solidarity and Justice in Health Care. A Critical Analysis of their Relationship”, Diametros (43) 2015, p. 1–20.
• B. Prainsack, A. Buyx, “Solidarity in Contemporary Bioethics”, Bioethics (26) 2012, p. 343–350.
• J. Rawls, A Theory of Justice, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA 1971.

Notes

EN

Special Topic - Solidarity and Justice in Health Care

Identifiers

DOI

dx.doi.org/10.13153/diam.43.2015.714