Biothetic
Select and answer two (2) questions from the ten listed below.
1. Under what conditions, if any, is abortion ever morally justified? Argue for your position.
2. What policy for organ procurement from cadavers should be adopted to meet the high demand for organ donors? Give reasons for your answer.
3. Could euthanasia ever be morally justified in your view? If so, why and under what conditions? If not, why not?
4. Are there any circumstances when it would be permissible to withhold information about a patient’s condition from that patient? Provide reasons for your approach to the issue.
5. Do you think that it could ever be morally permissible to use genetic technologies to modify the capabilities, powers and attributes of future human beings? Argue for your position.
6. What criteria do you think should be employed in allocating scarce medical resources among different areas of health care? Argue for your position.
7. Should full surrogacy ever be permitted? What rights, if any, should the gestational mother have over the child she bears? Discuss.
8. Should stem cell research on embryos be allowed? Argue for your position.
9. The profit motive and the ideals of medicine are mutually exclusive. Discuss.
10. Imagine you are a pharmacist fielding inquiries from the police about a patient. Are there any limits on the information you should provide regarding a patient’s use of drugs or medication? Under what circumstances would it be justifiable to withhold information? Discuss.
