What is health? This question figures prominently in several ethical, medicinal and (health-)psychological issues. Against this background the paper investigates the definition and the understanding of health in Karl Barth's dogmatics in its theological framework. The reconstruction provides a model of health, which allows treating contemporary issues, because it presents a dynamic and relational model with several dimensions, including the dimension of will. The will to health, though depending on somatic, psychic and social conditions, plays an important role in handling with diseases, in living with imperfections and in supporting healthy lifestyle und preventive measures. This will must be interpreted as the will and the power to be a human being with its gifts und limits.

Enthalten in:
Zeitschrift für Evangelische Ethik; 2008/3 Kommentare, Studien, Berichte, Dokumentationen, Diskussionen, Rezensionen, Bibliographie (2008)

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Serie / Reihe: Zeitschrift für Evangelische Ethik

Personen: Rieger, Hans-Martin

Schlagwörter: Wirklichkeit Konstruktion Differenzierung Krankheit Gesundheit Barth, Karl Medizinische Ethik