Looking to Hume for justice: On the utility of Hume's view of justice for american health care reform
Journal of Medicine and Philosophy 24 (4):352 – 364 (1999)
| Abstract | This essay argues that Hume's theory of justice can be useful in framing a more persuasive case for universal access in health care. Theories of justice derived from a Rawlsian social contract tradition tend to make the conditions for deliberation on justice remote from the lives of most persons, while religiously-inspired views require superhuman levels of benevolence. By contrast, Hume's theory derives justice from the prudent reflections of socially-encumbered selves. This provides a more accessible moral theory and a more realistic path to the establishment of universal access. | |||||||||
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