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Offentliga samtal: Har vi blivit mer faktaresistenta?
Varför pratas det så mycket om faktaresistens idag? Produktionen och tillgängligheten av kunskap har aldrig varit större än idag. Vi har heller aldrig varit så välutbildade som idag. Trots detta menar
The ethics of age limits
This informal workshop focuses on four papers dealing with a variety of ethical questions associated with the use of age limits, especially in health care. Time: Wednesday, November 23, 14:00 - 18:00Plac The Institute for Futures Studies (IFFS), Holländardgatan 13, Stockholm According to Jeff McMahan, we ought to save an individual, A, from dying as a young adult (e.g., at age 30) rather than save some other individual, B, from dying as a newborn, even if the latter intervention would give B twice as many years of full-quality life as the former intervention would give A. Call this claim . I argue that if we accept , then we must reject at least one of three other claims:
