Moral Psychology and the Intuition that Pharmaceutical Companies Have a ‘Special’ Obligation to Society
Many people believe that the research-based pharmaceutical industry has a ‘special’ moral obligation to provide lifesaving medications to the needy, either free-of-charge or at a reduced rate relative to the cost of manufacture. In this essay, I argue that we can explain the ubiquitous notion of a s...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V
2014
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Journal of business ethics
Year: 2014, Volume: 122, Issue: 3, Pages: 501-510 |
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Access to lifesaving medicines
B Taboo trade-off theory B Special moral obligation B Pharmaceutical Industry B Moral Intuition B Moral Psychology B Betrayal aversion |
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