Question

The principle of distributive justice attempts to respond to the question, "Who is entitled to what portion of society's goods?" Discuss this principle in relation to the allocation of ICU beds in cases in which demand exceeds supply. Is it possible to establish medical criteria to guide such allocation decisions that are free of social bias??

Answer 1

Social bias is something that one can encounter on a day to day basis if one lives in a place where there is melange of various cultures, backgrounds and ethnicities.

Social bias curbs objective and critical reasoning as the judgements are based on discriminatory or stereotypical understanding.

In case of ICU beds, this problem can be curbed of allocation of beds when demand exceeds supply by putting the ones more severely affected at tye top of the list, as they are the ones with urgent need.

A matrix of urgent and important matrix should be plowed.

If a persons bed necessity is urgent and important, they should get priority. As it is an ICU, everybodys needs are important, but if they are not urgent, they can be prirotized later.