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Demo Classroom Debate: Medical Ethics
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Selected claim, opposing its parent
The notion of individual rights does not align with communitarian conceptions of justice. This framework focuses on the benefits of the community and so devalues individuals' rights.
Pros
Cons
Pro claim 1
The communitarian Charles Taylor argues that what is owed to individuals can only be determined by community derived standards. (Principles of Bioethics, p. 258)
Pro claim 2, children below
A communitarian conception of justice would support violating individuals rights if it was deemed beneficial to the community.
Pro claim 3
Attaching rights to individuals rather than communities is important because it protects each person's
autonomy
and allows them to have their own goals and aspirations.