WHEN GOOD ORGANS GO TO BAD PEOPLE

A number of philosophers have argued that alcoholics should receive lower priority for liver transplantations because they are morally responsible for their medical conditions. In this paper, I argue that this conclusion is false. Moral responsibility should not be used as a criterion for the alloca...

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Main Author: Ho, Dien (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2008
In: Bioethics
Year: 2008, Volume: 22, Issue: 2, Pages: 77-83
Further subjects:B Alcoholism
B ARESLD
B Moral Responsibility
B liver transplantation
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