D.1:4 - Archetypal Grounding (Worked Slice)

A team says that a triage model is “ethical because it maximizes total benefit.” Asked which ethical question this leaves open, the practitioner can answer: the claim values aggregate benefit, while equal access and avoidable subgroup harm may lead to a different judgement. The next question is how those concerns apply to the affected patients. That answer completes the initial recognition task.

If the team instead proposes this claim as a reason to adopt the model, identify the affected patients and institutions, the meaning of “total benefit”, the consequence theory, the excluded concerns, the evidence relied on, and the use that evidence warrants. D.3 describes any live conflict over access or harm; D.4 governs its mediation or decision use.