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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Authors: Savulescu, Julian 1963- (Author) ; Persson, Ingmar 1951- (Author) ; Wilkinson, Dominic (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [2020]
In: Bioethics
Year: 2020, Volume: 34, Issue: 6, Pages: 620-632
IxTheo Classification:NCH Medical ethics
TK Recent history
VA Philosophy
Further subjects:B Covid-19
B pandemic ethics
B Resource Allocation
B Utilitarianism
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