Utilitarianism and the pandemic
There are no egalitarians in a pandemic. The scale of the challenge for health systems and public policy means that there is an ineluctable need to prioritize the needs of the many. It is impossible to treat all citizens equally, and a failure to carefully consider the consequences of actions could...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[2020]
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Bioethics
Year: 2020, Volume: 34, Issue: 6, Pages: 620-632 |
IxTheo Classification: | NCH Medical ethics TK Recent history VA Philosophy |
Further subjects: | B
Covid-19
B pandemic ethics B Resource Allocation B Utilitarianism |
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