The seventh chapter of the sixth edition of Beauchamp and Childress's Principles of Biomedical Ethics evaluates justice. The authors discuss the concept of justice, define the formal principle of justice and material principles of justice, and analyze various theories of justice. They ultimately recommend that "society recognize global rights to health and enforceable rights to a decent minimum of health care within a framework for allocation that incorporates both utilitarian and egalitarian standards."
The LIBERTARIAN BIOETHICS BLOGger shall return to dissect this chapter in future multiple blog posts due to the comprehensive nature of this chapter.
Highlights include the authors noting that "it is widely held that health care is a special good" in bioethics literature (utter idiocy if accurate), recognizing libertarian theories of justice (but mentioning only Robert Nozick in the relevant discussion), and mentioning Tristam Engelhardt's argument that "society should call a halt to claims of fairness or justice precisely at the point of this distinction between the unfair and the unfortunate" (clearly a ridiculous idea).
The long-term vanity goal of the LIBERTARIAN BIOETHICS BLOGger is now obvious: future editions of the Principles of Biomedical Ethics should discuss me when discussing libertarian bioethics theories.
The LIBERTARIAN BIOETHICS BLOGger shall return to dissect this chapter in future multiple blog posts due to the comprehensive nature of this chapter.
Highlights include the authors noting that "it is widely held that health care is a special good" in bioethics literature (utter idiocy if accurate), recognizing libertarian theories of justice (but mentioning only Robert Nozick in the relevant discussion), and mentioning Tristam Engelhardt's argument that "society should call a halt to claims of fairness or justice precisely at the point of this distinction between the unfair and the unfortunate" (clearly a ridiculous idea).
The long-term vanity goal of the LIBERTARIAN BIOETHICS BLOGger is now obvious: future editions of the Principles of Biomedical Ethics should discuss me when discussing libertarian bioethics theories.
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