Compassion and responsibility for disease: Trump, tragedy and mercy

Thinking about compassion helps to illuminate what is pernicious and beneficial about emphasizing personal responsibility for health. This article considers whether it is ‘compassionate' to see someone's disease as an embodiment of past faults. Two traditions, one Aristotelian-tragedic and...

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Main Author: Hordern, Joshua (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage [2018]
In: Theology
Year: 2018, Volume: 121, Issue: 2, Pages: 102-111
RelBib Classification:NBE Anthropology
NCH Medical ethics
RG Pastoral care
ZD Psychology
Further subjects:B Disease
B Aquinas
B collaborative deliberation
B Compassion
B Mercy
B Responsibility
B Tragedy
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)