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Comment
. 2020 Sep;46(9):634-635.
doi: 10.1136/medethics-2020-106078. Epub 2020 Feb 13.

Age change, official age and fairness in health

Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen  1 , Thomas Søbirk Petersen  2
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Age change, official age and fairness in health

Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen et al. J Med Ethics. 2020 Sep.

Abstract

In a recent JME article, Joona Räsänen makes the case for allowing legal age change. We identify three problems with his argument and, on that basis, propose an improved version thereof. Unfortunately, even the improved argument is vulnerable to the objection that chronological age is a better proxy for justice in health than both legal and what we shall call official age.

Keywords: aged; distributive justice; ethics; political philosophy; public policy.

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Competing interests: None declared.

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  • Moral case for legal age change.
    Räsänen J. Räsänen J. J Med Ethics. 2019 Jul;45(7):461-464. doi: 10.1136/medethics-2018-105294. Epub 2019 Mar 14. J Med Ethics. 2019. PMID: 30872325

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