The Age-Indifference Principle and Equality

The question of whether or not either elderly people or those whose life expectancy is short have commensurately reduced claims on their fellows, have, in short, fewer or less powerful rights than others, is of vital importance but is one that has seldom been adequately examined. Despite ringing pro...

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Main Author: Harris, John (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 2005
In: Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics
Year: 2005, Volume: 14, Issue: 1, Pages: 93-99
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Summary:The question of whether or not either elderly people or those whose life expectancy is short have commensurately reduced claims on their fellows, have, in short, fewer or less powerful rights than others, is of vital importance but is one that has seldom been adequately examined. Despite ringing proclamations of justice and equality for all, the fact is that most societies discriminate between citizens on the basis both of age and life expectancy.
ISSN:1469-2147
Contains:Enthalten in: Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/S0963180105050103