Utilitarianism in Health Care

Utilitarianism in Health Care

Introduction

Regarding health systems, their main objective is to improve health. To do just that requires not only goodness, but also fairness. Goodness can be thought of as a health system responding well to what people expect of it; whereas fairness means it responds equally well to everyone, without discrimination. Obviously, many Americans would disagree that the current U.S. health care system is capable of accomplishing such a feat, which is why health care reform has taken center stage in American politics. Concerning access to health care, while well-placed Americans have primary physicians who are in ...