Tannsjo here approaches the question of how to allocate limited health-care resources from a philosophical perspective. He balanaces theoretical treatments of distributive ethics with real-world examples of how health-care is administered around the world today, arguing for the controversial position that we ought to direct more resources to the care and cure of people suffering from mental illness, and less to the marginal life extension of elderlypatients.
Tannsjo here approaches the question of how to allocate limited health-care resources from a philosophical perspective. He balanaces theoretical treatments of distributive ethics with real-world examples of how health-care is administered around the world today, arguing for the controversial position that we ought to direct more resources to the care and cure of people suffering from mental illness, and less to the marginal life extension of elderlypatients.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Torbjörn Tännsjö has published extensively in moral philosophy, political philosophy, and bioethics. His most recent books are Understanding Ethics (Edinburgh UP), a simple introduction to normative ethics, and Taking Life: Three Theories on the Ethics of Killing (OUP, 2015).
Inhaltsangabe
Chapter 1. Introduction Part One. Theory Chapter 2. Utilitarianism Chapter 3. The maximin/leximin theory Chapter 4. Egalitarianism Chapter 5. Prioritarianism Chapter 6. Some controversial implications of the three theories Chapter 7. Population ethics Chapter 8. Utilitarianism with or without a prioritarian amendment? Part Two. Practice Chapter 9. Ideal and nonideal theory Chapter 10. Triage in situations of mass casualty Chapter 11. The maximin/leximin theory: in real life Chapter 12. Utilitarianism/prioritarianism: in real life Chapter 13. Conclusion
Chapter 1. Introduction Part One. Theory Chapter 2. Utilitarianism Chapter 3. The maximin/leximin theory Chapter 4. Egalitarianism Chapter 5. Prioritarianism Chapter 6. Some controversial implications of the three theories Chapter 7. Population ethics Chapter 8. Utilitarianism with or without a prioritarian amendment? Part Two. Practice Chapter 9. Ideal and nonideal theory Chapter 10. Triage in situations of mass casualty Chapter 11. The maximin/leximin theory: in real life Chapter 12. Utilitarianism/prioritarianism: in real life Chapter 13. Conclusion
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