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Title
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A philosophical analysis of America's transformation to universal health care: implications for responsibility and justice.
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Creator
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Mantoni, Jennifer Lynn., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Philosophy
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Abstract/Description
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Human beings have two apparently conflicting fundamental rights. On the one hand, individuals have a right to health care as the United Nations declared in 1948. On the other hand, individuals have a right to liberty; that is, the freedom to make one's own health related choices, even poor ones. One goal of this essay is to show how to reconcile these two apparently conflicting core American values. This reconciliation is important, because a universal health care system that is fair and just...
Show moreHuman beings have two apparently conflicting fundamental rights. On the one hand, individuals have a right to health care as the United Nations declared in 1948. On the other hand, individuals have a right to liberty; that is, the freedom to make one's own health related choices, even poor ones. One goal of this essay is to show how to reconcile these two apparently conflicting core American values. This reconciliation is important, because a universal health care system that is fair and just must account for individual rights in tandem with attempts to address matters of social justice. In order for this reconciliation to occur, matters of individual responsibility, social responsibility, and social justice must be central to health care reform.
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Date Issued
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2011
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3171680
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Subject Headings
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Health care reform, Health services accessibility, Insurance, Health, Government policy, Political science, Philosophy, Health care rationing, Moral and ethical aspects, Social justice, Responsibility
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Format
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Document (PDF)