[Post-utilitarianism and the Prioritisation Debate].
Pure utilitarianism has come to be a rare position in the ethics of health resource allocation. Most authors favour a combination of a utility-maximising criterion with other criteria, notably fairness-related ones. Classical utilitarianism, though, claimed to be a moral theory that is already fair by itself. Trying to combine a utilitarian starting point with fairness-related ideas originating from anti-utilitarian criticism may result in inconsistent axiologies. The article is a report of discussions arguing the point.
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Universität Leipzig, Institut für Philosophie, Leipzig. Weyma.Luebbe@psk.uni-regensburg.de
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