Health Capital: Introducing an Evaluative Framework to Assess Social PoliciesThomas Schramme
10 November 2022
Thomas Schramme (University of Liverpool), 17:15 - 18:45, presents his project in the Interdisciplinary Research Seminar of the GRK "Collective Decision-Making”.
This seminar will take place in person. Please register (if you haven’t already) here if you want to attend the seminar. We invite everyone interested to attend!
Location: Room 0079, Von-Melle-Park 5
Abstract
This paper outlines a novel framing on the value and normative significance of health, by considering these concepts through the idea of ‘health capital’. Health capital is a set of health-related assets of individuals that enable them to pursue their interests and to compete with others for scarce goods. The paper is a precursor to the overarching research question as to what is due to people as a matter of social justice to prevent vicious circles of health capital depletion. The specific contribution of this paper is to establish the notion of health capital beyond a metaphorical idea, and to initially explore the repercussions of this idea for theories of health justice.
Find the abstract as PDF here.