http://valuesconnection.thehastingscenter.org/2009/09/29/responsibility-shane-and-joe/ The Values and Health Reform Connection is an open conversation, a group blog, and a nonpartisan effort to spark a rich discourse on fundamental values in health reform. It is hosted by the Hastings Center, with Health Affairs as media sponsor. Sun, 31 Jul 2011 20:21:11 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://valuesconnection.thehastingscenter.org/2009/09/29/responsibility-shane-and-joe/comment-page-1/#comment-162 John Eley Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:54:54 +0000 http://valuesconnection.thehastingscenter.org/?p=48#comment-162 Christine Korsgaard may be of value here. She examines what she calls the sources of normativity, which are also our sources of value, at least as I read her. She locates these sources in the autonomous self whose reason promotes the desire to govern oneself by adherence to laws that chooses to impose on one's self and in our human or animal nature which is responsive to the pain of others. Both of these points seem pertinent to the issue of responsibility. One can will that one become subject to the law of personal responsibility and in the case of health care this probably means doing that which supports autonomy, which means either prevention or a more stoic view of pain. If the health care system breaks down entirely as it may under the pressure of ill conceived reform that expands entitlements and increases costs autonomy may be the only viable alternative. The free person may be the person who can be free of the health care system. Unfortunately one cannot be free of the coercive power of the government which so many so-called reformers seem so eager to use in an effort to change the system by making us less autonomous in the name of greater equity, which of course always and everywhere means less freedom. That reality is something that Bruce Jennings and others would like to hide from us by offering untenable interpretations of freedom and something compatible with coerced redistribution. Christine Korsgaard may be of value here. She examines what she calls the sources of normativity, which are also our sources of value, at least as I read her. She locates these sources in the autonomous self whose reason promotes the desire to govern oneself by adherence to laws that chooses to impose on one’s self and in our human or animal nature which is responsive to the pain of others. Both of these points seem pertinent to the issue of responsibility. One can will that one become subject to the law of personal responsibility and in the case of health care this probably means doing that which supports autonomy, which means either prevention or a more stoic view of pain. If the health care system breaks down entirely as it may under the pressure of ill conceived reform that expands entitlements and increases costs autonomy may be the only viable alternative. The free person may be the person who can be free of the health care system. Unfortunately one cannot be free of the coercive power of the government which so many so-called reformers seem so eager to use in an effort to change the system by making us less autonomous in the name of greater equity, which of course always and everywhere means less freedom. That reality is something that Bruce Jennings and others would like to hide from us by offering untenable interpretations of freedom and something compatible with coerced redistribution.

]]> http://valuesconnection.thehastingscenter.org/2009/09/29/responsibility-shane-and-joe/comment-page-1/#comment-151 Tweetlinks, 11-06-09 [A Blog Around The Clock] « Technology Blogs Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:30:18 +0000 http://valuesconnection.thehastingscenter.org/?p=48#comment-151 [...] Responsibility: Shane and Joe – Health Care Organizational Ethics: “For every lone cowboy, there’s a community of support” [...] [...] Responsibility: Shane and Joe – Health Care Organizational Ethics: “For every lone cowboy, there’s a community of support” [...]

]]> http://valuesconnection.thehastingscenter.org/2009/09/29/responsibility-shane-and-joe/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Personal Responsibility, Healthcare Reform, And Going With Our Guts - Better Health Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:01:57 +0000 http://valuesconnection.thehastingscenter.org/?p=48#comment-10 [...] Values come from the gut, not the mind, and the gut is not a sophisticated thinker about the nuances of alternative policy options. —Jim Sabin, MD Essay: Responsibility [...] [...] Values come from the gut, not the mind, and the gut is not a sophisticated thinker about the nuances of alternative policy options. —Jim Sabin, MD Essay: Responsibility [...]

]]> http://valuesconnection.thehastingscenter.org/2009/09/29/responsibility-shane-and-joe/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Personal Responsibility: Let’s Go With Our Guts : Values & Health Reform Connection Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:12:59 +0000 http://valuesconnection.thehastingscenter.org/?p=48#comment-9 [...] Values come from the gut, not the mind, and the gut is not a sophisticated thinker about the nuances of alternative policy options. —Jim Sabin, MD Essay: Responsibility [...] [...] Values come from the gut, not the mind, and the gut is not a sophisticated thinker about the nuances of alternative policy options. —Jim Sabin, MD Essay: Responsibility [...]

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