Abstract
The concept of adaptive preferences, as a phenomenon that inhibits human flourishing, has received considerable attention in the philosophical literature but not so much in the nursing literature. Yet given the nursing perspective of health, it is a relevant, if not critical, problem for practice as well as an intriguing area for scientific inquiry. As background, I present a review of dominant philosophical models of health from which I synthesize an expanded model of health that integrates naturalist and normative philosophical dimensions. I then present current philosophical work on adaptive preferences and recommend that this philosophical concept represents an empirical health process in need of scientific study in nursing as a discipline focused on health and well-being.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 201-206 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Nursing science quarterly |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jul 1 2019 |
Keywords
- adaptive preferences
- model of health
- naturalism
- philosophy
- values
- well-being
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Nursing