War on All Fronts

A Theory of Health Security Justice

Nicholas G. Evans

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MIT Press
13 June 2023

Political science & theory

"An argument for the centrality of rights in health security, and how to apply ethical principles to protecting those rights during public health crises.

An argument for the centrality of rights in health security, and how to apply ethical principles to protecting those rights during public health crises.

In recent years, efforts to respond to infectious diseases have been described in terms of national and global security, leading to the formation of the field of ""health security."" In War on All Fronts, Nicholas G. Evans provides a novel theory of just health security and its relation to the practice of conventional public health. Using COVID-19 as a jumping-off point to examine wider issues, including how the US thinks about and prepares for pandemics, Evans shows the flaws in using the ""war metaphor"" and how any serious understanding of health security must square with human rights-even when a disease poses a threat to national security.

Evans asks what ethical principles justify declaring, and taking action during, a public health emergency such as the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The relevant principles, he argues, parallel those of the ethics of armed conflict. Just war theory, properly understood, begins with pacifism and a commitment to the right not to be killed and then steps back to ask under what limited conditions it is permissible to kill. In a similar way, a just health security must also begin with the idea that public health should hold human rights sacrosanct and then ask under what limited conditions other concerns might prevail. Evans's overall goal is to formulate a guide to action, particularly as the world deals with the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic. Turning to the transition from war back to peace in public health, he looks at reparation, rebuilding, and the accountability of actors during the crisis."

By: Nicholas G. Evans
Imprint: MIT Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 369g
ISBN: 9780262545433
ISBN 10: 0262545438
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 13 June 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

A Note on Acronyms ix Acknowledgments xi 1 Introduction 1 2 The War Metaphor 19 3 Reconciling Military and Public Health Ethics 37 4 The Impersonal Account of Disease 63 5 The Moral Foundations of the Public Health State 91 6 Justly Declaring an Emergency 115 7 The Ethics of Liberty-Limiting Measures 133 8 Drawing up the Troops: Waging War on Disease 153 9 Peace in Public Health 167 10 Whose War? Policy and Public Health Politics 177 Epilogue: Emergency Innovation 189 Notes 205 Index 257

Nicholas G. Evans is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Massachusetts Lowell.