Ethical Dilemma

1. Give him the deadly drug as he wishes. 2. Don¡¯t give him. 3. Kill the oxygen and turn it on again after he dies. 4. Give the drug to his family, and let them decide. 5. Turn to a lawyer.

It was interesting to read the introduction to ethical dilemma by Philip Wheelwright, especially to see his set of methods of solving such dilemmas. I would like to try out the methods with one of the dilemmas presented in the passage, the one concerning ¡°euthanasia¡±. It is about Benjamin Bates trying to decide whether to give his friend a deadly drug. He has been asked to do so by one of his friends. The friend is slowly dying of and suffering from a painful and incurable disease.

Standing at Benjamin¡¯s place, I will try to solve the dilemma by following the steps introduced by Wheelwright. There are five steps before making the decision. The first step is to figure out all the alternative actions I may take. This step has been done at the beginning......

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Title: Ethical Dilema
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