PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Zohar Lederman
AU  - Benjamin Capps
TI  - One health ethics: a response to pragmatism
AID  - 10.1136/medethics-2019-105859
DP  - 2020 Sep 01
TA  - Journal of Medical Ethics
PG  - 632--633
VI  - 46
IP  - 9
4099  - http://jme.bmj.com/content/46/9/632.short
4100  - http://jme.bmj.com/content/46/9/632.full
SO  - J Med Ethics2020 Sep 01; 46
AB  - Johnson and Degeling have recently enquired whether one health (OH) requires a comprehensive normative framework, concluding that such a framework, while not necessary, may be helpful. In this commentary, we provide a context for this debate, and describe how pragmatism has been predominant in the OH literature. We nevertheless argue that articulating a comprehensive normative theory to ground OH practice might clear existing vagueness and provide stronger guidance in relevant health dilemmas. A comprehensive theory will also be needed eventually to ground notions such as universal good. We, thus, call for the systematic articulation of a comprehensive, metaethical theory, concomitantly with already ongoing normative work.