PHL 302 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Kantianism, Impermanence
23 Feb 2015
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Distributive justice: how scarce goods can be distributed most fairly within a society, or within particular societal institutions, who gets what, and on what basis. Circumstances of justice: rawl, combination of shared interests and potential conflicts, questions about just distribution of resources arise when cooperation is both necessary and possible. Health care system division: macro: allocation decisions made at all levels. Most significant whether treatment is beneficial, treated with dignity and respect. * health care needs are met: technological developments. Requires that technologist be hired and trained in its use. Increased number of tests being performed: demographics. Advancements in technology is leading to improvement in life expectancy prolonging life. Older we are, the more health care we require. Create choices and generate costs: public attitudes. Baconian science: to exercise dominion and control over nature: damages our ability to place ethical limits on medical, continue treatment even in cases in which there is clearly no treatment possibility of cure, defining needs.
