title: Real and alleged problems for Daniels's account of health justice.
abstract: Norman Daniels's theory of health justice is the most comprehensive and systematic such theory we have. In one of the few articles published so far on Daniels's new book, Just Health, Benjamin Sachs argues that Daniels's core "principle of equality of opportunity does not do the work Daniels needs it to do." Yet Sachs's objections to Daniels's framework are deeply flawed. Where these arguments do not rely on significant misreadings of Daniels, they ignore sensible strands in Just Health that considerably dull their force. After disarming Sachs's arguments against Daniels's theory, I explain why I agree with Sachs's conclusion: Daniels's equality of opportunity-based account of health justice rests on shaky foundations.
authors.affiliation: University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1300 University Ave., Room 1430, Madison, WI 53706, USA. jkelleher@wisc.edu
authors.forename: J Paul
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Kelleher
mesh_terms: D002755:Choice Behavior; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006801:Humans; D010686:Philosophy, Medical; D064890:Social Determinants of Health; D012935:Social Justice
keywords: Daniels; Sachs; equality of opportunity; health; justice