Pellegrino protects the idea of medical ethics being both ethically virtuous and duty-based. However, many of times the practice of virtue does not involve the avoidance of practice that exists “at the margin of moral responsibility”. Two main examples of this are investing in for-profit hospitals and making referrals on the basis of friendship.
One example of a practice that exists “at the margin of moral responsibility” includes investing in for-profit hospitals. For-profit hospitals work with an objective of providing more money to their shareholders and can ultimately end up charging higher rates to patients for their services than non-profit hospitals. Investing in a for-profit hospital pits altruism against self-interest because for
One example of a practice that exists “at the margin of moral responsibility” includes investing in for-profit hospitals. For-profit hospitals work with an objective of providing more money to their shareholders and can ultimately end up charging higher rates to patients for their services than non-profit hospitals. Investing in a for-profit hospital pits altruism against self-interest because for