PHIL 2440 Exam 2 (with complete solutions)

pro position for why health care is a right correct answers John Rawls veil of ignorance correct answers Imagine you are ignorant of your gender, race, level of personal wealth, talents, and sexuality. What principles of justice would you choose for society? Two Principles of Justice correct answers 1. equal basic liberties 2. difference principle Equal Basic Liberties correct answers everyone should enjoy the same basic liberties Difference Principle correct answers Social and economic inequalities, in order to be justified must: a. offer fair equality of opportunity b. be to the great benefit of the least advantaged Fair Equality of Opportunity correct answers -requires certain things, otherwise citizens won't be free and equal -requires access to a certain minimum of healthcare (individuals have a positive right to certain basic healthcare) Libertarian view on rights correct answers The government cannot legitimately coerce you into providing for others against your will. Providing education, healthcare, and food to the poor are noble aims, but people do not have "rights" to these things. There is no healthcare right. ARESLD correct answers alcohol related, end-stage liver disease Liver transplants differ from other life-saving therapies in the following ways: correct answers 1. non-renewable resources 2. different than cardiac transplants 3. expensive technology Why livers are non-renewable resources correct answers only a few thousand are available for transplant per year liver transplant comparison to cardiac transplant correct answers -ARESLD patients account for 50% of those in need of liver transplants -Difficult to pinpoint one cause of heart failure Moss and Seigler's Proposal correct answers -patients with ARESLD should NOT compete equally for liver transplants with those with NARESLD -patients with ARESLD get lower priority, but still have a chance of getting a liver Objections to Moss and Seigler's Proposal correct answers Objection 1: alcoholism is a disease one is not responsible for, so ARESLD patients should compete equally for liver transplants