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Demo Classroom Debate: Medical Ethics
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Selected claim, opposing its parent
Health care relates to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. It is therefore not possible to maximize freedom unless healthcare is a universal right.
Pros
Cons
Pro claim 1, children below
Norman Daniels extended Rawlsian principles to support universal health care. He argued, "Social institutions affecting health care distribution thus should be arranged, as far as possible, to allow each person to achieve a fair share of the normal range of opportunities present in that society." (Principles of Bioethics, p. 257)
Pro claim 2, children below
A major component of
the capability approach
is that freedom involves opportunity.