Even if we assume that Amy's life would be worth living, creating her would be a benefit only on a rather peculiar conception of what a "benefit" entails.
Despite this, however, the tension between individual rights and broader conceptions of public benefit is a profound one for public health as a field of practice.
Experts' conceptions of delivering benefit in breast screening fell into two main categories: breast cancer-specific and non-breast cancer-specific outcomes.
"Benefit" (lì) for them is a loose conception of general welfare comprising material prosperity, an abundant population, and sociopolitical "order" (zhi).
Ridgeway argues that most people's conceptions of veterans benefits stem from the comprehensive system developed after World War II, under which vets were given pensions and disability payments, money for education, and other goodies but historically, these were the exception, not the norm.
A health professional's conception of both harm to and benefit for a patient can differ sharply from that of the patient, but the health professional's understandings of benefits also often depend on the patient's view of what constitutes a benefit or a worthwhile risk.
They house offices as well as residences, so they complicate our conception of commuting without the collateral benefit of reducing traffic and pollution.
The ICP in Europe takes this particular conception of diversity as a potential benefit for society, and it has been interpreted as a policy strategy to promote these advantages.
There are benefits, says Stanley Litow, who has overseen the corps from its conception: communities benefit from an influx of talented problem-solvers, the company's brand is polished and it gets a squadron of leaders with new skills.
