Full Idea
The objective facts relating to human health broadly construed are the facts that measure the moral value of our actions, policies and institutions.
Gist of Idea
The facts about human health are the measure of the values in our lives
Source
Stephen Boulter (Why Medieval Philosophy Matters [2019], 6)
Book Reference
Boulter,Stephen: 'Why Medieval Philosophy Matters' [Bloomsbury 2019], p.144
A Reaction
This is the Aristotelian approach to facts and values, which I thoroughly endorse. To say there is nothing instrinsically wrong with being unhealthy is an absurd attitude.