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Are people with HIV entitled to make claims on the state for treatment if they are responsible for their own infection? The view of Cameron and Geffen is that they are. Witness to AIDS examines an article by philosopher David Benatar originally published in the Lancet which takes a different view. Benatar took issue with Cameron and Geffen for both the way they described his argument and their response to it. This led to an interesting debate between both Cameron and Geffen on the one hand, and Benatar on the other. We reprint the correspondence between them over here. 

Read the relevant section from Witness to AIDS.

Cameron & Geffen arguments	Benatar arguments
Detailed response to Benatar 18 April 2005	Latest letter from Benatar to authors
Benatar's original article in Lancet	Complaint from Benatar to authors

  

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