University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
J Med Philos. 2022 Dec 23;47(6):761-769. doi: 10.1093/jmp/jhac029.
I argue that Alasdair MacIntyre has important resources to provide in the debate over the moral status of severely disabled people. In contrast, Gregory Poore suggests that MacIntyre's virtue theory cannot account for our responsibilities to severely disabled people. Given that MacIntyre bases his theory around community membership, this charge is made especially severe in the case of severely disabled strangers. I present an interpretation of MacIntyre that accounts for responsibilities to severely disabled strangers. I then argue that Poore is wrong to conclude that MacIntyre does not include severely disabled people in communities.
我认为阿拉斯代尔·麦金泰尔在关于严重残障人士的道德地位的争论中提供了重要的资源。相比之下,格雷戈里·普尔认为,麦金泰尔的美德理论无法解释我们对严重残障人士的责任。鉴于麦金泰尔的理论以社区成员身份为基础,因此在严重残疾陌生人的情况下,这种指责尤为严重。我提出了一种解释麦金泰尔的方法,这种方法解释了对严重残疾陌生人的责任。然后,我认为普尔错误地得出结论,认为麦金泰尔没有将严重残疾人士纳入社区。