Assignment:
For this Case Assignment, write a 3 to 4 page essay in which you address the following:
Discuss the application of the following ethical theories/principles to public health. Provide recent examples within the field of public health which are consistent or inconsistent with these principles:
- Utilitarianism
- Distributive Justice
- Paternalism
Selgelid (2009) wrote:
While public health ethicists often claim that the least restrictive alternative should be used to achieve the public health goal in question, I argue that a plausible but under-recognized idea is that the least restrictive alternative might sometimes involve improvement of global health via redistributive taxation-i.e., rather than coercive social distancing measures.
What did he mean by this? Provide arguments for and against his position.
Cite your sources.