A theory of human need
Doyal, L. & Gough, I.
(1991).
A theory of human need.
Palgrave Macmillan.
(1991).
A theory of human need.
Palgrave Macmillan.
Abstract
Rejecting fashionable subjectivist and cultural relativist approaches, this important book argues that human beings have universal and objective needs for health and autonomy and a right to their optimal satisfaction. The authors develop a system of social indicators to show what such optimization would mean in practice and assess the records of a wide range of developed and underdeveloped economies in meeting their citizens' needs