This paper provides a summary of a longer paper of the same name. It outlines the principle of solidarity as it may be applied in the ethics of public health. This paper summarizes the central components and the more variable dimensions of solidarity proposed by...

This document introduces, compares and critiques eight ethics frameworks for public health. The purpose of this paper, the third in the series by Dr. Marjorie MacDonald of the University of Victoria, is to present, compare and critique selected ethics frameworks for...

This document offers an overview of various theoretical perspectives informing public health ethics, including its philosophical underpinnings. In this second of three briefing notes on public health ethics, Dr. Marjorie MacDonald of the University of Victoria...

Whether considered as a value or formulated as a principle to guide actions, reciprocity is commonly appealed to in public health to help ensure that certain obligations due to others – or to be expected from others – may be taken into account and acted...

Whether considered as a value or formulated as a principle to guide actions, reciprocity is commonly appealed to in public health to help ensure that certain obligations due to others – or to be expected from others – may be taken into account and acted...

This document defines public health and reviews the history and development of public health ethics, including its philosophical underpinnings. This paper, by Dr. Marjorie MacDonald of the University of Victoria, offers a brief survey of the field of public health...