Abstract
Haustein and Jox (2025) provide a comprehensive analysis of the ethical issues surrounding prioritization and allocation of limited resources within a mental health care center. Their proposal to opt for the rule of “last come, first served” is original and provocative, but it runs into difficulties shared by other expert-based, deductive approaches to resource allocation. Inspired by a living ethics stance (Racine et al. 2024), we advocate a change in the way ethical considerations are approached and, consequently, in the role of ethics experts, notably in terms of (1) experiential grounding and embodiment; (2) equality in capabilities for flourishing; and (3) dialogue, co-learning and co-imagination (Racine et al. Under Review).