PHLB09H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Relativism, Distributive Justice, Equal Opportunity
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High cost: justify the costs of max. or min. healthcare. Freedom of choice: restricting patients if everyone gets the equal amount of healthcare as everyone else. Some peoples autonomy may say get the best and most expensive treatment. Income, property (that we can use), employment, rights, taxes, services. E. g. universal healthcare looks at different benefits and burdens society offers and. Govt has no obligation to adjust distribution if some people have more or less tries to come up with the most just distribution. Distribution of benefits and burdens aligned w/ non-interference. Govt protects pursuit of interest w/o coercion advantage in healthcare becomes a an effect of the free market but govt will not adjust. Taxation for hc = coercion, morally impermissible for libertarians because govt should only protect pursuit of happiness and not interfere. Govt can mandate changes in case it is out of line ex.
