Overview
1. Do you think that we should have universal health care coverage in the United States? Briefly, on what moral grounds are you appealing to for your answer? Has the Covid-19 changed your view on this? Strengthened it?
2. a. What do you make of Engelhardt's libertarian model of distributive justice for health care?
b. How might his argument fail to address the concerns raised by Broadbent and Smart in your text (p. 78-82, Chapter 5.2 of the Ethics of Pandemics handout) regarding social distancing in different contexts?
3. Discuss one episode from the documentary that struck you as interesting from an ethical point of view. Describe it in terms of some of the concepts raised by this week's readings (or the two articles above). What has changed in the last decade regarding justice and access to healthcare? (Frontline Documentary, please view: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/sickaroundamerica/?autoplay)
4. Please give an example in Alaska that addresses "politics of disposability," that attempts or has succeded at weeding out "systemic social ineuqalities" (Ossei-Owusu - from the Ethics of Pandemics handout Chapter 5.1, pg 74) and ensuring that we are not in a situation of "who mattered and who is was sacrificed" (76).