A time for global health ethics
In this blog Benatar argues that a shift in attention from individual health to population health requires new ways of thinking inclusive of our interactions with the biosphere and planetary sustainability. He suggests that, “current global crises include the instability of a fraudulent global economic system; wide disparities in health, disease burdens, human well-being and suffering; continuing emergence of new infectious diseases; antimicrobial drug resistance; climate change; and environmental degradation with profound loss of species diversity due to human induced extinctions. The interlinking nature of these crises, mired in the aggressive (often fraudulent) competition for resources, is further aggravated by multiple civil wars, and other forms of conflict that result in the displacement of millions of people who are destined to suffer as long-term refugees.”
Benatar S. (2016) A time for global health ethics, Impact Ethics