PHI2604 Lecture 4: Exceptional Medical Treatment
16 Aug 2020
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When reading dominic wilkinson"s article on exceptional medical treatment, readers are able to contemplate what should be done, in regard to exceptional people receiving exceptional medical treatment, with the ethics of egoism. Wilkinson argues within the text that what is in question is whether it was ethical for this nelson mandela to receive treatment that would be denied to almost everyone else who cannot afford it. Using three potential reasons for his special treatment, wilkinson presents the idea that there are important questions as to who decides on exceptional status and how much additional treatment they can access. He elaborates that mandela might have been provided exceptional treatment because he or his family could afford it, being privately funded which would have put more at question equality than ethics. Moreover, wilkinson suggests that it might have been out of recognition for his contribution to south africa or because of his special place in the hearts of the south.
