TY - JOUR
T1 - Age change, official age and fairness in health
AU - Lippert-Rasmussen, Kasper
AU - Petersen, Thomas Søbirk
PY - 2020/5/30
Y1 - 2020/5/30
N2 - In a recent JME article, Joona Räsänen makes the case for allowing legal age change. We identify three problems with his argument and, on that basis, propose an improved version thereof. Unfortunately, even the improved argument is vulnerable to the objection that chronological age is a better proxy for justice in health than both legal and what we shall call official age.
AB - In a recent JME article, Joona Räsänen makes the case for allowing legal age change. We identify three problems with his argument and, on that basis, propose an improved version thereof. Unfortunately, even the improved argument is vulnerable to the objection that chronological age is a better proxy for justice in health than both legal and what we shall call official age.
KW - aged
KW - distributive justice
KW - ethics
KW - political philosophy
KW - public policy
U2 - 10.1136/medethics-2020-106078
DO - 10.1136/medethics-2020-106078
M3 - Journal article
SN - 0306-6800
VL - 46
SP - 636
EP - 637
JO - Journal of Medical Ethics
JF - Journal of Medical Ethics
IS - 9
ER -