Tragic Choices
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Tragic Choices is a seminal legal and philosophical work by Guido Calabresi (with Philip Bobbitt) that examines how societies allocate scarce and life-saving resources through law and public policy.
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| Tragic Choices canonical | 1 |
Statements (43)
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| instanceOf |
book
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legal theory work ⓘ |
| addresses |
moral responsibility for allocation decisions
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role of courts in tragic choices ⓘ role of legislatures in tragic choices ⓘ role of markets in tragic choices ⓘ role of professional discretion in tragic choices ⓘ |
| author |
Guido Calabresi
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Philip Bobbitt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coAuthor |
Guido Calabresi
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Philip Bobbitt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describes |
techniques for disguising tragic choices
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use of administrative criteria in allocating scarce goods ⓘ use of lotteries in allocating scarce goods ⓘ use of markets in allocating scarce goods ⓘ |
| examines |
how societies make life-and-death decisions
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legal doctrines that structure tragic choices ⓘ political processes that hide tragic choices ⓘ trade-offs in distributing medical care ⓘ trade-offs in distributing safety ⓘ trade-offs in distributing welfare benefits ⓘ |
| field |
law
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law and economics ⓘ legal philosophy ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ public policy ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
institutional responses to scarcity
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legal rules governing life-and-death decisions ⓘ moral dimensions of resource allocation ⓘ social mechanisms for allocating scarce goods ⓘ |
| genre | academic literature ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
bioethics debates on rationing
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legal scholarship on resource allocation ⓘ public policy analysis of scarcity ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
legal scholars
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philosophers ⓘ policy makers ⓘ students of law and public policy ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
allocation of scarce resources
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law and public policy ⓘ life-saving resources ⓘ tragic choices in social policy ⓘ |
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