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24The Value of Being a Child: An Intuitive Case for a Development ViewJournal of Value Inquiry 57 (1): 21-39. 2023.
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31Solidarity as a Theoretical Framework for Posthumous Assisted Reproduction and the Case of Bereaved ParentsEthical Theory and Moral Practice 22 (2): 501-517. 2019.Bioethicists, medical professionals and lawyers who support Posthumous Assisted Reproduction as an ethical procedure in the case of the deceased’s spouse often oppose it in the case of the deceased’s parents. In addition, supporters of PAR usually rely on an individualistic version of liberalism, thus focusing on a personal rather than relational approach to autonomy. This article proposes an alternative and comprehensive theoretical framework for the practice of PAR, based on the concepts of so…Read more
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38Expanding the use of posthumous assisted reproduction technique: Should the deceased’s parents be allowed to use his sperm?Clinical Ethics 14 (1): 18-25. 2018.The posthumous retrieval and use of gametes is socially, ethically, and legally controversial. In the countries that do not prohibit the practice, posthumous assisted reproduction is usually permitted only at the request of the surviving spouse and only when the deceased left written consent. This paper presents the recommendations of an ethics committee established by the Israeli Fertility Association. In its discussions, the committee addressed the ethical considerations of posthumous use of s…Read more
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205Equality of Opportunity versus Sufficiency of Capabilities in HealthcareWorld Journal of Social Science Research 3 (3): 418-437. 2016.The paper compares three accounts of distributive justice in health (and more specifically healthcare). I discuss two egalitarian accounts—Daniels's fair equality of opportunity for health and Segall's luck-egalitarian equity in health—and contrast them with a sufficientarian account based on sufficiency of capabilities. The discussion highlights some important theoretical differences and similarities among the three accounts. The focus, however, is on the practical implications of each account …Read more
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Basic Human Functional Capabilities as the Currency of Sufficientarian Distribution in HealthcareIn Carina Fourie & Annette Rid (eds.), What is Enough?: Sufficiency, Justice, and Health, Oxford University Press. pp. 144-163. 2017.
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9Universal Principles of Justice and Respect for Cultural and Religious Diversity in the Capability ApproachEthics, Medicine and Public Health 5. 2018.Should a theory of justice that yields universal principles for the allocation of goods be sensitive to cultural differences, and should there be a limit to the respect for cultural and religious diversity? I address this question from a liberal point of view and more specifically based on the Sen-Nussbaum capability approach. Three possible arguments within this approach are analyzed: dignity, internalist essentialism, and positive freedom. The interplay between a universal principle of distrib…Read more
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Tragedy of the Commons and Population Health: The State’s Intervention in an Individual’s Actions and Choices from a Capability PerspectiveJournal of Human Development and Capabilities. forthcoming.The discussion of public health ethics usually focuses on public health and relates it to the notion of a public good. In this paper, I explains why we need to focus on population health and why it corresponds to a common good and hence is prone to depletion in the absence of appropriate state regulation. Using the capability approach perspective and Sen’s focus on the value of the opportunity and process aspects of freedom, I show why the state commitment to guarantee each individual the prereq…Read more
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185The Right to Health Care as a Right to Basic Human Functional CapabilitiesEthical Theory and Moral Practice 15 (3). 2012.A just social arrangement must guarantee a right to health care for all. This right should be understood as a positive right to basic human functional capabilities. The present article aims to delineate the right to health care as part of an account of distributive justice in health care in terms of the sufficiency of basic human functional capabilities. According to the proposed account, every individual currently living beneath the sufficiency threshold or in jeopardy of falling beneath the th…Read more
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90A Decent Minimum for Everyone as a Sufficiency of Basic Human Functional CapabilitiesAmerican Journal of Bioethics 11 (7). 2011.The American Journal of Bioethics, Volume 11, Issue 7, Page 24-25, July 2011
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44Ethical Considerations of Triage Following Natural Disasters: The IDF Experience in Haiti as a Case StudyBioethics 31 (4): 467-475. 2017.Natural disasters in populated areas may result in massive casualties and extensive destruction of infrastructure. Humanitarian aid delegations may have to cope with the complicated issue of patient prioritization under conditions of severe resource scarcity. A triage model, consisting of five principles, is proposed for the prioritization of patients, and it is argued that rational and reasonable agents would agree upon them. The Israel Defense Force's humanitarian mission to Haiti following th…Read more
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300The Possible Effects of Moral Bioenhancement on Political Privileges and Fair Equality of OpportunityAmerican Journal of Bioethics 14 (4): 43-44. 2014.No abstract
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