Transcript Medical Ethics

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We will begin Unit 3 Quiz at 11:25
Philosophy
Medical Ethics
Moral Transplant Issues
 Is
it morally acceptable to use
transplanted organs to extend a
person’s life?
 Do dead people have rights over the
organs in their bodies?
 If a person did not specify their donor
status prior to death, which way
should the medical system default?
 If not, who owns them?
 Should
someone be compensated for
the donated organs? Next of kin?
 If so, what type of compensation is
reasonable?
 Examine
each of these transplant
questions from the perspective of the
Stoic philosophy. How do your
answers change?
 How would Kant answer?
 Will universal duty?
 What
do you think about creating a
person to create a donor?
 In
1990 a woman decided to have a
second child to act as a bone marrow
donor for her 17 year old daughter
who had leukemia
Genetics
 Should
your genetic profile remain
private?
 Insurance companies operate on
probabilities, frequently screening out
the riskiest patients
–What would they do with genetic
information?
–Is it right for others to pay higher
premiums for the person with
genetic problems?
Cloning
 What
do you think about cloning?
–Favorite dog?
–Organs?
John Q
 What
(20:23-29:07)
do you think about the issue of
cost versus need in medical
procedures?
 Are people entitled to expensive
250K+ transplant operations even if
their lives depend on it?
 How might a Utilitarian decide to
spend this money?
John Q
 What
(35:35-39:42)
do you think about his solution?
 Was it ethical?
 Apply some philosophies to this?