Question 1

John Corvino | 'Under God's Authority": Professional Responsibility, Religious Accommodations, and the Culture Wars
Corvino relates several cases to the question of when employers should provide religious accommodation. He considers four arguments for providing religious accommodation and cites objections to each one. He then compares these findings to the case of Kim Davis, who went to jail rather than sign marriage certificates for same-sex couples. He concludes that, while there are no easy answers, religious accommodation at the very least should never help one group at the expense of placing harsher burdens on others.
-Corvino points out that while religious accommodations may restore ___________ to minorities, religion is only one of the ways in which majorities have historically disadvantaged minorities.

Accepted Answer

Corvino argues that religious accommodations can help restore fairness to minorities, acknowledging that religion is one of many ways majorities have historically disadvantaged minorities.

Question 2

John Corvino | 'Under God's Authority": Professional Responsibility, Religious Accommodations, and the Culture Wars
Corvino relates several cases to the question of when employers should provide religious accommodation. He considers four arguments for providing religious accommodation and cites objections to each one. He then compares these findings to the case of Kim Davis, who went to jail rather than sign marriage certificates for same-sex couples. He concludes that, while there are no easy answers, religious accommodation at the very least should never help one group at the expense of placing harsher burdens on others.
-Just as policies should not arbitrarily disadvantage the religious, states Corvino, they should not arbitrarily ___________ them either.

Accepted Answer

Corvino argues that policies should not arbitrarily favor the religious, just as they should not arbitrarily disadvantage them.

Question 3

John Corvino | 'Under God's Authority": Professional Responsibility, Religious Accommodations, and the Culture Wars
Corvino relates several cases to the question of when employers should provide religious accommodation. He considers four arguments for providing religious accommodation and cites objections to each one. He then compares these findings to the case of Kim Davis, who went to jail rather than sign marriage certificates for same-sex couples. He concludes that, while there are no easy answers, religious accommodation at the very least should never help one group at the expense of placing harsher burdens on others.
-According to Corvino, religious accommodations should never remove burdens from one minority at the expense of placing new burdens on

Accepted Answer

Corvino argues that religious accommodations should not alleviate burdens from one minority if it results in imposing new burdens on other minorities.

Question 4

Select one of the four arguments for religious accommodation that Corvino discusses and provide reasons for and against acceptance of this notion. Which side do you find stronger, and why? Explain your answer.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Select one of the four arguments for...

Question 5

What does Corvino mean by the statement that "just because people's religious beliefs can be easily accommodated, it does not follow that they should be." How do Corvino's examples and arguments help to distinguish which accommodations should and should not be made? Explain your answer.

Accepted Answer

The answer of What does Corvino mean by the statement...

Question 6

Case 8.1: Scott J. Turner, "Drug Company Gifts: Marketing Technique Poses Ethical Questions for Some"
-Create an argument in favor of pharmaceutical companies providing physicians with free gifts and medication samples, followed by a counterargument in opposition to industry gift-giving. Provide good reasons and examples in support of each position. Which side do you think is stronger, and why? Explain your answer.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Case 8.1: Scott J. Turner, "Drug Company...

Question 7

Case 8.1: Scott J. Turner, "Drug Company Gifts: Marketing Technique Poses Ethical Questions for Some"
-Create an argument that expresses a middle way between pharmaceutical companies having free reign to provide physicians with free gifts and medication samples to not having any legal right at all for industry gift-giving. Provide strong reasons and examples in support of this middle position. Is your middle-of-the-way argument stronger or weaker than your all-or-nothing arguments? Explain your answer.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Case 8.1: Scott J. Turner, "Drug Company...

Question 8

Case 8.2: Maria Merritt, "Moral Conflict in Clinical Trials"
-The case presents Dr. Okero's dilemma as evenly split between his scientific duty to garner as much knowledge as possible about the drug and his protective duty to make decisions in his patient's best interest. What would need to happen, in your estimation, to tip the scales in one way or the other, and why? Explain your answer.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Case 8.2: Maria Merritt, "Moral Conflict in...

Question 9

Case 8.2: Maria Merritt, "Moral Conflict in Clinical Trials"
-Given that the direct benefit of the drug to Ms. Hernandez is outweighed by the exposure to the risks of continued exposure, do you think she has any duty to provide benefit to others through the trial's scientific results? Why or why not? Explain your answer.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Case 8.2: Maria Merritt, "Moral Conflict in...

Question 10

Case 8.3: Albert Camus, "Quarantine Ethics"
-Are the quarantine ethics portrayed in this excerpt based more on a utilitarian or Kantian view of an individual's rights? Can you think of an alternate manner of handling such a situation, considering the need for order and organization of so many at one time? Explain your answer.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Case 8.3: Albert Camus, "Quarantine Ethics"
-Are the...

Question 11

Case 8.3: Albert Camus, "Quarantine Ethics"
-What happens to basic principles of medical ethics such as autonomy, beneficence, and justice, when there is need for quarantine? Explain the changes necessary in accommodating such a situation.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Case 8.3: Albert Camus, "Quarantine Ethics"
-What happens...

Question 12

Case 8.4: George J. Annas, "'Culture of Life': Politics at the Bedside - The Case of Terri Schiavo"
-In this case, the fight over Terri Schiavo's life involved the medical, legal, and political worlds as well as personal family members. Who had the most leverage to affect decisions, as you see it, and why? How would you design a more humane system to avoid such situations?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Case 8.4: George J. Annas, "'Culture of...

Question 13

Case 8.4: George J. Annas, "'Culture of Life': Politics at the Bedside - The Case of Terri Schiavo"
-Congress appealed to disability law in its decision based on "the culture of life." Is there justification, in your understanding, for equating "persistent vegetative state" with "being disabled"? What assumptions need to be added to such an argument? Explain your answer.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Case 8.4: George J. Annas, "'Culture of...

Quiz 8: Conflicts of Interest and Government Regulation

Select one of the four arguments for religious accommodation that Corvino discusses and provide reasons for and against acceptance of this notion. Which side do you find stronger, and why? Explain your answer.

What does Corvino mean by the statement that "just because people's religious beliefs can be easily accommodated, it does not follow that they should be." How do Corvino's examples and arguments help to distinguish which accommodations should and should not be made? Explain your answer.

Case 8.3: Albert Camus, "Quarantine Ethics" -What happens to basic principles of medical ethics such as autonomy, beneficence, and justice, when there is need for quarantine? Explain the changes necessary in accommodating such a situation.