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Demo Classroom Debate: Medical Ethics
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Selected claim, opposing its parent
According to libertarian theories of justice, healthcare should not be a universal right.
Pros
Cons
Pro claim 1, children below
The libertarian theory of justice is the best because it maximizes freedom.
Pro claim 2, children below
According to libertarians only
negative rights
can be absolute. Positive "rights" such as a right to healthcare would infringe on the negative rights of others.
Con claim 1, children below
Communitarians reject libertarian theories of justice because they fail to acknowledge the value of general welfare, social well-being, and communal institutions.
Con claim 2
Libertarian theorist
F.A. Hayek
believed that wealthy nations should provide a comprehensive system of social insurance because it did not come at the cost of fundamental individual liberties.