Maximal utility is an inadequate justification for universal human rights and well-being because it has the potential for denying healthcare to individuals with costly medical conditions.

Question

Answer

Pro: Utilitarianism fails to take seriously the separateness of persons.

Answer

Pro: Under utilitarianism, the types of health care services allocated would only be those that maximize net social utility.

Demo Classroom Debate: Medical Ethics

Maximal utility is an inadequate justification for universal human rights and well-being because it has the potential for denying healthcare to individuals with costly medical conditions.

Pros

Cons

Under utilitarianism, the types of health care services allocated would only be those that maximize net social utility.

Utilitarianism fails to take seriously the separateness of persons.

Selected claim, opposing its parent

Maximal utility is an inadequate justification for universal human rights and well-being because it has the potential for denying healthcare to individuals with costly medical conditions.

Pro claim 1

Under utilitarianism, the types of health care services allocated would only be those that maximize net social utility.

Pro claim 2, children below

Utilitarianism fails to take seriously the separateness of persons.