Setting Health-Care Priorities. What Ethical Theories Tell Us. A Response to My Critics
Setting Health-Care Priorities. What Ethical Theories Tell Us. A Response to My Critics
Author(s): Torbjörn TännsjöSubject(s): History of Philosophy, Philosophical Traditions, Special Branches of Philosophy
Published by: Instytut Filozofii Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: Utilitarianism; Prioritarianism; Sufficientarianism; Contractualism; Rawls; Marginal Life-Extension; Mental Health; Maximin/Leximin
Summary/Abstract: The article provides answers to comments in this journal on my recent book, Setting Health-Care Priorities. What Ethical Theories Tell Us (Oxford University Press, 2019). Did I address all of the relevant theories? Yes, I did. Was my argument underdeveloped in any respects? Yes, at least in one as I should perhaps have discussed contractual ethical thinking more carefully. I do so in this response. Moreover, the critical comments raised have helped me to clarify my argument in many ways, for which I thank my critics.
Journal: Diametros
- Issue Year: 18/2021
- Issue No: 68
- Page Range: 60-70
- Page Count: 11
- Language: English
