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The Normative Significance of Identifiability
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Zuradzki, Tomasz |
| Copyright Year | 2017 |
| Description | Journal: SSRN Electronic Journal According to psychological research, people are more eager to help identifiable individuals than the unidentifiable ones. This preference significantly influences many important decisions, both individual and public, regarding for example vaccinations or the distribution of health care resources. This paper aims at presenting definitions of such terms as “identified”, “identifiable”, “statistical” as well as a critical analysis of main philosophical arguments regarding the normative significance of this preference, which refer to: 1) ex ante contractualism; 2) fair distribution of chances and risks, and 3) anti-aggregationist principles that recommend the distribution of bad effects and the concentration of good ones. I will show that those arguments, although connected with interesting philosophical problems regarding e.g. aggregation or probability, are unconvincing. I also consider the significance of the discussion on the preference towards identifiable individuals for conceptual issues related to “a moral technology”. |
| Related Links | https://ruj.uj.edu.pl/xmlui/bitstream/handle/item/129262/zuradzki_the_normative_significance_of_identifiability_2019.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Delivery.cfm?abstractid=3037432 |
| ISSN | 10914358 |
| e-ISSN | 15565068 |
| DOI | 10.2139/ssrn.3037432 |
| Journal | SSRN Electronic Journal |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV |
| Publisher Date | 2017-09-15 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Journal: SSRN Electronic Journal Applied Ethics Medical Ethics Identified People Statistical People Moral Technologies |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health Psychiatry and Mental Health |
