Age change, official age and fairness in health

Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen; Thomas Søbirk Petersen

doi:10.1136/medethics-2020-106078

Age change, official age and fairness in health

Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen^*, Thomas Søbirk Petersen

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Department of Communication and Arts

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Journal	Journal of Medical Ethics
Volume	46
Issue number	9
Pages (from-to)	636-637
Number of pages	2
ISSN	0306-6800
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/medethics-2020-106078
Publication status	Published - 30 May 2020

Keywords

aged
distributive justice
ethics
political philosophy
public policy

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10.1136/medethics-2020-106078

AgeChange.21.04.2020Submitted manuscript, 197 KBLicence: CC BY-NC

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