Posted: September 4th, 2013
BIomedical Ethics
Paper instructions:
Required Reading Document Attached
Analysis Essay 1: This is to be a formal compositions that calls upon you to engage critically with our readings and the issues.Choose one of the prompts below and write a careful and thoughtful essay:
? Dr. Baxter and Dr. Larson claim that they have a moral obligation to deliver care; further, Dr. Baxter asserts that the patient has a moral responsibility to accept care. Offer the
best possible argument for this view. Do you find it convincing? Why or why not?
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Donald Cowart asked to be left alone and allowed to die at several different instances during his ordeal. While all were ignored, is there a
morally relevant difference between the different instances? Carefully explain why or why not.
? Dr. Larson told Donald Cowart not to ask to be allowed to die, because if he were allowed to die that would be “in a sense” like killing him. Explain in what
sense Dr. Larson seems to equate these. Is this
sense appropriately invoked in this case? Why or why not?