New Knowledge in the Biomedical Sciences pp 87-102 | Cite as
Health, Justice, and Responsibility
Abstract
The issues raised by Beauchamp and Towers join in an important and powerful way. Beauchamp articulates clearly the problem of distributive justice facing us. In discussing the issue of the fair allocation of health resources, we tend to talk about our obligations as a society, and we are, I think, tempted to forget that our obligation is always in the end my obligation and your obligation. Our obligation is not anonymous, but personal. Towers’s discussion involves just this issue. He calls us to recognize our own responsibility for our health or lack of it: physical, professional, and moral. My remarks deal for the most part with Beauchamp’s essay, but mv conclusions, I hope, answer Towers’s call.
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