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ArticleOne health outlook2021

A bolder One Health: expanding the moral circle to optimize health for all.

Simon Coghlan, Benjamin John Coghlan, Anthony Capon, Peter Singer

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Article in One health outlook, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Simon CoghlanUniversity of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia. simon.coghlan@unimelb.edu.au.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6021-9878
Benjamin John CoghlanBurnet Institute, Melbourne, Australia.
Anthony CaponMonash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
Peter SingerPrinceton University, Princeton, NJ, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

One Health is a ground-breaking philosophy for improving health. It imaginatively challenges centuries-old assumptions about wellbeing and is now widely regarded as the 'best solution' for mitigating human health problems, including pandemic zoonotic diseases. One Health's success is imperative because without big changes to the status quo, great suffering and ill-health will follow. However, even in its more ambitious guises, One Health is not radical enough. For example, it has not embraced the emerging philosophical view that historical anthropocentrism is an unfounded ethical prejudice against other animals. This paper argues that One Health should be more imaginative and adventurous in its core philosophy and ultimately in its recommendations and activities. It must expand the circle of moral concern beyond a narrow focus on human interests to include nonhuman beings and the environment. On this bolder agenda, progressive ethical and practical thinking converge for the benefit of the planet and its diverse inhabitants-human and nonhuman.

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AnthropocentrismEthicsHealth determinantsOne HealthPhilosophyRadical change

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PMID34872624
PMCPMC8650417

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