Utilitarianism and the pandemic

There are no egalitarians in a pandemic. The scale of the challenge for health systems and public policy means that there is an ineluctable need to prioritize the needs of the many. It is impossible to treat all citizens equally, and a failure to carefully consider the consequences of actions could...

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Published in:	Bioethics Vol. 34; no. 6; pp. 620 - 632
Main Authors:	Savulescu, Julian, Persson, Ingmar, Wilkinson, Dominic
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.07.2020 John Wiley and Sons Inc
Subjects:	Action Bioethics Biomedical Social Sciences Citizen participation Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology COVID-19 Covid‐19: Original Deaths Emergency Medical Services - ethics Ethical Theory Ethics Health care Health services Humans Medical Ethics Medicinsk etik pandemic ethics Pandemics Pandemics - ethics Patient Rights - ethics Patients Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology Public health Public policy resource allocation responsibility Social Issues Social Justice - ethics Social Sciences - Other Topics Supply & demand Triage unemployment Utilitarianism Well being Willingness to pay COVID-19 resource allocation pandemic ethics utilitarianism
ISSN:	0269-9702, 1467-8519, 1467-8519
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