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\section{Ethical analysis}
\section{Ethical Analysis --- Consequentialism}
\begin{frame}{Utilitarianism}
\begin{itemize}
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\end{itemize}
\end{frame}
\begin{frame}{Balancing the utility scales}
\begin{frame}{Balancing the Utility Scales}
\begin{itemize}
\item People who pay more might feel stigmatized/discriminated.
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\end{itemize}
\end{frame}
\section{Ethical Analysis --- Deontology}
\begin{frame}{Contractualism}
\begin{itemize}
\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.
\end{itemize}
\end{frame}
\begin{frame}{Contractualism and Responsability}
\begin{definition}[Responsability]
An agent is responsible for X if X is a result, foreseeable by the agent, of a free choice of theirs.
\end{definition}
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\begin{itemize}
\item The obvious counter-argument under contractualism stems from the idea that a person is responsible for a myriad of risk factors.
\item Smoking behaviour profiling: permissible (perhaps even encouraged) under both forms of contractualism. \pause
\end{itemize}
\end{frame}
\begin{frame}{A Classification of Risk Factors}
\begin{enumerate}
\item Is the agent responsible for the risk factor?
\item Is the risk factor causally linked to the health cost?
\item Can the agent be reasonably expected to know about said causal link?
\end{enumerate}
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Complications do arise:
\begin{itemize}
\item Risk factors satisfying all three criteria (i.e. BMI, smoking habits, and alcohol consumption) are often bound to addictive behaviours.
\item If the second criteria fails, then one can reasonably argue against profiling under Scanlon's theory.
\item If the third criteria fails (i.e. smoking in the 1920s), one can reasonably argue our definition of responsability also fails.
\end{itemize}
\end{frame}

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