Abstract
This chapter explores the ways in which Catholic social thought informs the content of a “right to health,” and asks how its understanding of the relationship between health and human rights is enriched by Paul Farmer’s construction of “pragmatic solidarity.” Examining Farmer’s argument for moving from the feeling of “compassion” in the face of suffering to the action of “pragmatic solidarity” entails acknowledging that death and disease have social causes and cannot be adequately addressed without also addressing those causes. It also requires identifying and addressing the patterns of structural violence that determine how disease and death are distributed and to whom the goods of science and medicine will be available.
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