 Arguments for and against the legal prohibition of drugs are surveyed. Various kinds of argument are identified and analysed: arguments against prohibition from a moral right to personal liberty; utilitarian and contractualist arguments for a right to personal liberty; arguments for prohibition from liberty-limiting principles (the harm principle, legal paternalism, legal moralism, Kan...

Bellah’s early Japan work was important to his thinking. Reflecting on offers an interesting window into some of the contributions and limitations broader ideas. Putting together with later theories raises questions about kind social community that Bellah envisioned in civil religion communitarianism.

Choices about forms of health care, including primary health care (PHC), are fundamentally political decisions, reflecting global and national power structures and alliances, changing economic conditions, emerging new health problems and health care challenges, and the development of new health technologies. However, these choices also reflect, and are often expressed in terms of, a philosophy ...

By using the classic works of Durkheim as a theoretical platform, this research explores the relationship between legal systems and social solidarity. We found that certain types of civil law system, most notably those of Scandinavia, are associated with higher levels of social capital and better welfare state provision. However, we found the relationship between legal system and societal outco...

background priority setting in healthcare is a key determinant of health system performance. however, there is no widely accepted priority setting evaluation framework. we reviewed literature with the aim of developing and proposing a framework for the evaluation of macro and meso level healthcare priority setting practices.   methods we systematically searched econlit, pubmed, cinahl, and ebsc...