All medical ethics systems are not alike. Ethics is a branch of philosophy. It rests on the metaphysics and epistemology of the particular philosophy. Yet, not all philosophies are the same.
Some view men or women as individuals with a specific natures and rights. Other philosophies view facts as relative, including the rights of individuals. Some philosophies view the collective or society as the dominant factor in human life, not the individual.
A government healthcare program (such as Medicare) bases its care decisions on the medical ethics they have adopted. And most government programs that deal with medical issues, work on the collective mentality mentioned above, focusing on “limited social resources.”
Years before the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, I got an opportunity to speak with a medical ethicist. Based on that, I wrote a Medium article about a brief conversation that I share with you now.
What I Discovered about Medical Ethics and Universal Healthcare while Sitting in a Boston Bar
I was nursing a beer, when in walks a medical ethicist…
