PHLB09H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Distributive Justice, Special Rights, Egalitarianism
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Lecture 10 - health care resources page 702. Question of distributive justice: was limited to premium drugs, it can be a unfair. Finite resources(blood/organ donation/ facilities places constraints on justice) High cost ( need to justify best possible) Freedom of choice patient autonomy// equal access restricts justice (if everyone. : universal health care perhaps canada"s health care is not free it is burden. Gov"t protects pursuit of interest without coercion force. Gov"t has no obligation to adjust distribution. No right to equal distribution of benefits. Taxation for hc = coercion against individuals forcing them to pay taxes. Income, property, employment, right, taxes ( to fund hc programs), services. Distribution of benefit and burdens aligned with no interference through taxes. Egalitarian: free, equal, democratic is optional nor obligatory. Theorists agree hc is good: disagree about rights. Negative right= no interfering with obtaining x. Libertarian: no positive right individual freedom. Utilitarian: derivative right to keep peace.
