PHI 302 Week 5 Discussion 2 | Assignment Help | Wilmington University
- Wilmington University / PHI 302
- 06 Oct 2020
- Price: $8
- Other / Other
PHI 302 Week 5 Discussion 2 | Assignment Help | Wilmington University
Week 5 Discussion Question
2
Read the following
scenarios and and respond:
·
Case 1: Experimenting on Children
A doctor-researcher
in residence at a private institution for children with developmental
disabilities discovers that the children in one of the dormitories have
dysentery, whereas those in the other dormitories do not. She decides to
experiment with the children, both to see what has caused this particular
phenomenon and to study the effects of dysentery and its various cures upon
children in general. She sets up a scientific study with control groups (in
which some students receive medication and some do not), and part of her
experiment involves infecting healthy children with dysentery germs. The
institution for which she works has a long waiting list, and the doctor takes
advantage of this, admitting only those children whose parents will sign a
release allowing her to conduct experiments upon them.
·
Case 2: Woman in a Mental Institution
Mary, 45, is in a
mental institution, on a ward for violent people. She is given to episodes of
extreme violence during which she loses all control and becomes very dangerous.
Between such episodes, she remembers at least some of what she has done, but
when one of these episodes comes on, she just can't seem to stop or control it.
There doesn't seem to be anything physiologically wrong with her brain, but a
doctor suggests to her that she have surgery performed that will eliminate her
violence. The doctor explains that this operation may cause extreme loss of
memory - to the extent that Mary could read a newspaper and immediately forget
everything she has read. Furthermore, the operation will make Mary so passive
that she probably will not want to do very much with the rest of her life;
however, after undergoing such an operation, she probably could be released
from the institution. Mary is so deeply distressed by her violent episodes that
she signs a release to have the surgery performed.
·
Do you think the action taken in each case was moral, why or why not?
·
Is there a relevant moral difference between the cases?
·
If so, what is it? If not, why don’t the differences of circumstance
matter?
USA 
India