Ethical Questions

Title Ethical Questions
Assignment type Essay
Discipline Sociology
Description 4 Questions: 450 words per question. Please use the attached material and in text reference APA. Urgent Deadline. Question 1: Is it wrong to bring a severely disabled child into the world? Consider the arguments of Laura Purdy Question 2: Is Rachels right that active and passive euthanasia are morally equivalent? Consider two of his arguments in detail. Question 3: Imagine 10 people will die without a kidney transplant. Unfortunately, however, there is only one kidney available. How should a hospital decide who to give the kidney to? Consider the views of Annas. (You might also consider the further possibility that one of the patients is a professional football player who needs a transplant because of repeated damage incurred in the course of his career. Consider the views, in this case, of Cohen et al.). Question 4: Imagine an obstetrician fails to accurately perform a screening for Down’s Syndrome. As a result, a baby, which would otherwise have been aborted, is born with the condition. Can the child sue the obstetrician for negligence? (Carefully go through the four criteria for negligence, described by Kerridge et al.). Does it make a difference that the child would never have been born but for the obstetrician’s actions? Consider the discussion of Laura Purdy