Version c7, April 29, 2011 On the Evaluation of Expectedly Beneficial Treatments that Will Disadvantage the Worst Off

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Imagine that two ten year-old children, Adam and Bill, have excellent vision but will soon go totally blind due to natural causes unless a morally motivated stranger, Teresa, intervenes. Teresa can use a resource she rightfully controls to produce and administer only one of the following two medicines to both Adam and Bill

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Marc Fleurbaey
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