In bioethics, discussions of justice

have tended to focus on questions of fairness in access to health care: is there a right to medical treatment, and how should priorities be set when medical resources are scarce. But health care is only one of many factors that determine the extent to which people live healthy lives, and fairness is not the only consideration in determining whether a health policy is just.

This pathbreaking book

senior bioethicists Powers and Faden confront foundational issues about health and justice.