Davies, B. orcid.org/0000-0003-4612-7894 (2024) Disability discrimination in emergencies: the return of Taurek? Ethic@: an International Journal for Moral Philosophy, 22 (3). pp. 1048-1062. ISSN 1677-2954
Abstract
John Taurek famously advocates an unpopular view in ethics: when deciding whom to rescue, the numbers don’t count. We should instead give everyone the same chance of surviving by choosing at random. Surprisingly little engagement has taken place between the detailed and rich literature on whether the numbers count in rescue cases, and the practical question of whether certain facts about patients are eligible for consideration in real-world prioritisation, e.g., in emergency triage during a pandemic. I suggest that a position close to Taurek’s maps on to real-world arguments by groups representing disabled individuals. Whereas Taurek is focused on equalising survival chances, some disability rights activists and scholars appear to argue in favour of equalising selection chances. I construct an argument in favour of this position by appealing to the idea of “opacity respect”. I then consider the implications of this approach for broader principles of affirmative action in healthcare.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2024 The Author(s). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
Keywords: | Healthcare Ethics; Prioritization; Respect; Disability |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (Sheffield) > Department of Philosophy (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 13 Feb 2024 12:47 |
Last Modified: | 05 Apr 2024 08:34 |
Published Version: | https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/ethic/article... |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.5007/1677-2954.2023.e97052 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:208970 |