Health, priority to the worse off, and time
(2018) In Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy 21(4). p.517-527- Abstract
- It is a common view that benefits to the worse off should be given priority when health benefits are distributed. This paper addresses how to understand who is worse off in this context when individuals are differently well off at different times. The paper argues that the view that this judgment about who is worse off should be based solely on how well off individuals are when their complete lives are considered (i.e. ‘the complete lives view’) is implausible in this context. Instead, it is argued that a pluralistic stance toward this issue should be accepted. This pluralistic stance recognizes that also the view that only focuses on how well off individuals are now and in the future (i.e. ‘the forward-looking view’) is relevant. The... (More)
- It is a common view that benefits to the worse off should be given priority when health benefits are distributed. This paper addresses how to understand who is worse off in this context when individuals are differently well off at different times. The paper argues that the view that this judgment about who is worse off should be based solely on how well off individuals are when their complete lives are considered (i.e. ‘the complete lives view’) is implausible in this context. Instead, it is argued that a pluralistic stance toward this issue should be accepted. This pluralistic stance recognizes that also the view that only focuses on how well off individuals are now and in the future (i.e. ‘the forward-looking view’) is relevant. The argument is based on appeals to intuitive judgments concerning who is worse off in different cases and reference to various underlying reasons why priority to benefits to the worse off is justified. (Less)
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- Herlitz, Anders LU
- publishing date
- 2018
- type
- Contribution to journal
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- Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy
- volume
- 21
- issue
- 4
- pages
- 517 - 527
- publisher
- Springer
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- scopus:85040691365
- ISSN
- 1572-8633
- DOI
- 10.1007/s11019-018-9825-2
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- English
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- no
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