| Ethics and the Professions | Notes | This is not a substitute for coming to class | Richard Lee |
| Philosophy 3103 | Copyright © 2007, Richard Lee | Autumn 2007 | |
Dr. Robert Sade on the right to health care:
Medical care is neither a right nor a privilege: it is a service that is provided by doctors and others to people who wish to purchase it. (380a)
Should health care be granted to a limited number of people (as a privilege), or should it be granted to everyone (as a right)? . . . Health care cannot morally be granted to anyone. It is a service that must be treated as any other service: it must be purchased by those who wish to buy it, or given as a gift to the sick by the only human beings who are competent to give that gift -- the health professionals themselves. (Dr. Robert Sade, "Is Health Care a Right?")
McCullough on Sade's view:
Dr. Sade points to two kinds of conflicts which may defeat the right to health care. The first is a conflict with the natural right of any man to his property. . . . The second is a conflict with the right of freedom. (380a)