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Disability, Transition Costs, and the Things That Really Matter
1Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy
|July 8, 2023
Summary
Understanding disability transition costs reveals ethical complexities. Causing disability may be wrong, but well-being isn't the sole ethical factor, challenging assumptions about disabled individuals' quality of life.
Area of Science:
- Bioethics
- Disability Studies
- Health Economics
Background:
- Disability is often viewed solely through a lens of reduced well-being.
- Ethical considerations regarding disability often focus narrowly on welfare impacts.
Purpose of the Study:
- To conduct an empirical analysis of the transition costs associated with disability.
- To examine the ethical implications of these transition costs for causing or preventing disability.
- To challenge narrow ethical frameworks in disability decision-making.
Main Methods:
- Empirically driven analysis of transition costs.
- Philosophical argumentation on ethical considerations.
Main Results:
- Transition costs in disability are complex and multifaceted.
- Well-being alone is insufficient to determine the wrongness of causing or removing disability.
- Non-welfare considerations are crucial in ethical assessments of disability.
Conclusions:
- Ethical decisions about disability should incorporate transition costs and non-welfare factors.
- The assumption of lower well-being for disabled individuals is contested.
- Disabled people should challenge narrow ethical accounts in disability discourse.
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