PHIL 2408 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Thought Experiment, National Health Insurance
25 May 2016
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Daniels: we ask which conditions constitute departures from nsf, or which impede the opportunities a person would otherwise have treat if different from nsf. Patients demand for specific treatment that"s not offered, especially as they don"t know what"s good for them. We can"t provide everyone with the medical care the rich can buy for themselves. Rich person may be willing to spend money for a possible cure, even if the success rate is low. We cannot provide this opportunity to everyone especially because chance of success is not high. Life and health are chief among all goods. Everything else is of lesser importance and must be sacrificed for their sake. Health care must be distributed on grounds of equality no one should be denied these chief goods because they can"t afford them. Implies: whatever need anyone has determines how much we should spend. Problems: (dworkin believes that the rescue principle will cost too much, so we need a new solution)
