This paper is intended as a constructive response to“Managing Scarcity: a worked example using Burden and Efficacy”, from Professor Gavin Andrews. Professor Andrews” paper is helpful in proposing an approach to allocating resources which has some claims to being rational. However the presentation begs many questions. In this commentary, I set out to critique Professor Andrews” model of resource allocation from a moral theoretical perspective.
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