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Demo Classroom Debate: Medical Ethics
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Selected claim, supporting its parent
According to well-being theories, healthcare should be a universal right.
Pros
Cons
Pro claim 1
According to Powers and Faden, there are six core dimensions of well-being that social justice concerns itself with. Health is one of these six (Principles of Bioethics, p. 261).
Con claim 1, children below
Well-being theories of justice leave the notion of what
constitutes
well-being open. A just notion of well-being may not include healthcare.
Con claim 2
Well-being theories are overly paternalistic. It is not up to the state to determine what is needed for well-being.