Well-being and fairness in the distribution of scarce health resources.
Based on a general thesis regarding the proper resolution of interpersonal conflicts, this paper suggests a normative framework for the distribution of scarce health resources. The proposed thesis includes two basic ideas. First, individual well-being is the fundamental value. Second, interpersonal conflicts affecting well-being should be resolved in light of several conceptions of fairness, reflecting the independent value of persons and the moral significance of responsibility of individuals for the existence of interpersonal conflicts. These ideas are elaborated in several principles that are applied with respect to the distribution of scarce health resources.
Segev
Re'em
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Tel-Aviv University and Haifa University, Israel. rmsegev@yahoo.com
D034462:Dissent and Disputes; D015276:Health Care Rationing / Q000941:ethics*; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D009014:Morals; D010686:Philosophy, Medical; D011050:Policy Making; D011788:Quality of Life; D040841:Resource Allocation / Q000941:ethics*; D012935:Social Justice / Q000941:ethics*; D012941:Social Responsibility; D012945:Social Values