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\section{Ethical analysis}
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\section{Ethical Analysis --- Consequentialism}
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\begin{frame}{Utilitarianism}
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\begin{itemize}
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\end{itemize}
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\end{frame}
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\begin{frame}{Balancing the utility scales}
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\begin{frame}{Balancing the Utility Scales}
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\begin{itemize}
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\item People who pay more might feel stigmatized/discriminated.
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\end{itemize}
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\end{frame}
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\section{Ethical Analysis --- Deontology}
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\begin{frame}{Contractualism}
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\begin{itemize}
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\item Scanlon's contractualism: moral principles are those that cannot \emph{reasonably be rejected}. In a rough sense, only those in bad conditions can reasonably argue against profiling.
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\item Rawls's contractualism: \emph{the veil of ignorance}. Statistical profiling does (generally) fail this test.
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\end{itemize}
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\end{frame}
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\begin{frame}{Contractualism and Responsability}
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\begin{definition}[Responsability]
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An agent is responsible for X if X is a result, foreseeable by the agent, of a free choice of theirs.
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\end{definition}
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\begin{itemize}
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\item The obvious counter-argument under contractualism stems from the idea that a person is responsible for a myriad of risk factors.
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\item Smoking behaviour profiling: permissible (perhaps even encouraged) under both forms of contractualism. \pause
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\end{itemize}
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\end{frame}
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\begin{frame}{A Classification of Risk Factors}
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\begin{enumerate}
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\item Is the agent responsible for the risk factor?
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\item Is the risk factor causally linked to the health cost?
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\item Can the agent be reasonably expected to know about said causal link?
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\end{enumerate}
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Complications do arise:
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\begin{itemize}
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\item Risk factors satisfying all three criteria (i.e. BMI, smoking habits, and alcohol consumption) are often bound to addictive behaviours.
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\item If the second criteria fails, then one can reasonably argue against profiling under Scanlon's theory.
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\item If the third criteria fails (i.e. smoking in the 1920s), one can reasonably argue our definition of responsability also fails.
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\end{itemize}
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\end{frame}
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